Organic Fertilizer by designation is derived from something that was previously alive. Plants once alive, now dead and processed into a liquid concentrate to feed more plants. Once produced, Organic Fertilizer can be applied as a foliar feed or watered into the ground. Organic Fertilizer may be bought commercially or produced from your own efforts in the form of Comfrey Tea or Worm Tea.

In order for plants to grow and yield productively they, like you and me, require nutrients. Your plants require three basic types expressed as N.P.K.

Nitrogen[N] enables green growth. If you apply too much though, growth will be soft and flowering and fruit setting may be delayed. On the other hand, if your plants are yellowing in the mature leaves and lack vigour, then you may have a nitrogen shortage.

Phosphorus [P] encourages root and stem development and fruit, flower and seed formation. Too little turns leaves purple and slows down the growth of your plants whilst too much can cause premature ripening.

Potash [K] improves the colour of your flowers and improves their resistance to pests and diseases. It also hardens your plants tissue.

You can buy Organic Fertilizer either as a concentrated liquid or in a powder form, both to be diluted. You will find the NPK values will stated on the pack.

Seaweed Extract you will find is the most commonly produced commercial product and is better applied as a foliar feed as your plants absorb more nutrient than if the soil was watered directly. Seaweed Extract augments your plants vigour and augments resistance to disease.

Of course you can have a go at making your own Liquid Organic Fertilizer in the form of worm tea or Comfrey tea.

If you buy a wormery to recycle your kitchen waste, eventually the action of the worms processing the waste matter will not only produce a worthwhile soil conditioner but also a liquid concentrate high in Phosphorus but low in Nitrogen. This can be diluted at about 1part concentrate to 10 parts water. Of course, what you put into your wormery governs what value you get out of it.

You may be familiar with the medicinal value of the Comfrey plant for joint sprains and such. But filling a container one quarter full of leaves and then adding water to the top produces excellent Organic Fertilizer after about 5 weeks. You will notice a really foul smell coming from the container as it ferments so you shouldn’t place it any where near the house.

Applying your Organic Fertilizer is simple and easy using a Liquid Fertilizer Applicator which you can use for any liquid concentrate. Lawn Sprayers ensure an accurate constant dilution of the concentrate as you spray from your hosepipe, and because you only carry the concentrate around, the most you’ll ever carry is ½ to one kilo, because the water comes down the hosepipe, you don’t have to carry a 10 litre watering can around.

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