Soil manufacturers have been poisoning your plants for decades! Find out what secret ingredient will turn even the poorest soil into fertile black soil. You will be surprised - everyone has this in their kitchen!
Mistakes of gardeners
The first mistake is using pure peat. It acidifies the soil and does not retain moisture.
The second is adding sand without washing. It contains salts that kill the roots.
The third problem is ignoring organic matter. Without vermicompost or compost, plants starve.
The fourth mistake is the refusal to use cultivators. Soil without perlite or vermiculite turns into concrete.
The fifth mistake is using chemical fertilizers "by eye". An overdose of nitrogen causes root burns.
Tips and tricks
Add used coffee grounds to the soil (1 cup per 5 liters of soil). Coffee grounds attract earthworms and help plants absorb nutrients.
For looseness, mix the soil with coconut substrate (1:1).
To enrich the soil, add 1 cup of ash per 5 liters of the mixture - this will replace potassium fertilizers.
Before sowing, water the soil with a sugar solution (1 tbsp. per 1 liter of water). Sugar activates soil bacteria that convert organic matter into nutrients.
For tomatoes, add crushed banana peel to the soil - it is rich in potassium.
Peppers will love onion peel: pour boiling water over it (100 g per 1 l), leave for 2 days, then water the seedlings.
Cucumbers will appreciate the addition of nettle: dry the leaves, chop them and mix with the soil (1 glass per 5 l).
Despite the negative reviews about folk fertilizers, summer residents call coffee grounds anything but garbage and waste.
It contains nitrogen, magnesium and copper, but it should not make up more than 20% of the soil volume.
