Why smart gardeners don't throw away walnut shells: these leftovers can be used to make a "long-lasting" fertilizer

24.04.2024 06:50

Do you prefer to buy whole walnuts rather than peeled ones? Then remember what you usually do with the shell.

If you throw it in the trash, you are making a grave mistake. Especially if you are the owner of a country house.

The hard shell of walnuts can be used in the garden.

The shell can easily act as a mulching material and even fertilizer.

An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh shared interesting recommendations for summer residents.

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Walnut shells as fertilizer

The hard shells of walnuts should be buried under fruit trees and bushes.

The result will be a “long-lasting” fertilizer, thanks to which plants will receive important compounds and microelements for them for at least several years in a row.

But you shouldn’t feed vegetables with shells: such crops simply won’t have time to receive all the necessary components from the unusual fertilizer.

Walnut shells as mulch

The shells can be sprinkled on the soil. As a result, weeds will not appear on the site.

And thanks to this mulch, the soil will remain moist for quite a long time.

Earlier, summer residents were told how to feed tomato, pepper and eggplant seedlings .

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / Belnovosti


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