Organic Fertilizers
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Organic fertilizers are fertilizers that are naturally produced contain and carbon (C). Fertilizers are materials that can be added to soil or plants, in order to provide nutrients and sustain growth. Typical organic fertilizers include mineral sources, all animal waste including meat processing, manure, slurry, and, plant based fertilizers, such as compost, and bio solids.
Fertilizers are derived from plant & vegetable residues, animal matter & animal excreta or mineral sources. A basic advantage of organic fertilizers is that they have complex biological structure. There are many types of organic fertilizers available today.
· Compost
· Chicken litter
· Bone meal
· Vermicomposting
· Organic liquid fertilizer
· Wood ash
· Animal Manure
· Crop residue
· Blood meal
It is very simple to prepare organic fertilizer at home. You can convert your daily dustbins into rich, organic manure and grow flowers, vegetables or plant in your garden.
v Method to prepare organic fertilizer
1. First, separate your household waste into dry waste and wet waste in your kitchen. Food, fruit and vegetable husks are wet waste, while paper, plastic and packaging (non-perishable waste) are dry waste.
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2. Secondly, put both these wastes in two different containers in the kitchen. When the wet waste container is full, put its contents into the compost bin. & you can add the garden waste. Do not include grease, oils, fatty meats, and milk products in your composting materials since they will make your compost pile a wet mess and produce an annoying odor.
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3. Then add of the same quantity as the waste material, cow dung to start with the decomposition process. Aside from wood ash, you can also add sawdust to the compost to help speed up the composting process. If you have some livestock, you can add the excess manure to the compost.
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4. Turn the pile around every other day to incorporate oxygen into the mixture. Also, make sure the bin has some holes on the side to enable excess moisture to escape as you spin the compost. if the mixture is too wet, add dry leaves and stir and if it is too dry add water and stir. Leave the pot open for 30-45 days for the decomposition process to happen.
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1. 5. Wait for your compost to achieve a soil-like mixture that
is dark in color. After two months the waste will convert into compost that can
be used or sold as organic fertilizer.
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6. Now you have your own organic fertilizer. Apply it to the seedlings and make the cultivation successful. Let's keep our environment beautiful.
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