DaveG
Mame
For a bit over a year now, my typical fertilizer for all of my plants has been some combination of leftover brewed coffee and household ammonia. Usually, I fill the bottom of a gallon jug with about a half inch of coffee, half or less that amount of ammonia (usually leaning toward less), then fill the jug to the top with water.
I usually give plants about half as much of this solution as I would water in a normal watering. If they started out close to dry, I usually give them enough water afterward to get them to where they'd be after a normal watering. During the growing season, I'll usually give them this stuff about every week or two, depending on whether or not they seem to need it at the time.
My process isn't very scientific yet, but it seems to work pretty well. I've found that the easiest way to go wrong is to use too much ammonia. Not that the consequences were ever very severe so far. Also, I'm considering gradually bumping up the amount of coffee to see if they respond well to it.
The only major downside that I've found to this fertilizer so far is that It does stain a lot of things. If you're planning to raise the roots of a tree later, expect them to be a lot darker than the other bark. The inside of the pot and everything it drains on will get stained a little as well.
I usually give plants about half as much of this solution as I would water in a normal watering. If they started out close to dry, I usually give them enough water afterward to get them to where they'd be after a normal watering. During the growing season, I'll usually give them this stuff about every week or two, depending on whether or not they seem to need it at the time.
My process isn't very scientific yet, but it seems to work pretty well. I've found that the easiest way to go wrong is to use too much ammonia. Not that the consequences were ever very severe so far. Also, I'm considering gradually bumping up the amount of coffee to see if they respond well to it.
The only major downside that I've found to this fertilizer so far is that It does stain a lot of things. If you're planning to raise the roots of a tree later, expect them to be a lot darker than the other bark. The inside of the pot and everything it drains on will get stained a little as well.
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