Okay, okay, there’s nothing ‘top secret’ about this formula and I won’t have to kill you if I tell you. But it is a super cool recipe for homemade fertilizer that was shared with me by a master gardener when I went to her gardening lecture.
Homemade Garden Fertilizer
What You’ll Need:
- A large 20-gallon trash can (or something similar)
- Super Thrive (you can find it at Lowe’s or Home Depot or other gardening centers)
- Hasta Gro (you can try Lowe’s, etc but you may need to look at a local nursery or online for this)
- Alfalfa Pellets (you can find these at a feed store… they’re rabbit food)
- Epsom Salts
- Fish Emulsion (she said you can also find this at Lowe’s or the like, but you’ll probably need to ask someone for help finding it)
- Water
- A watering can
- And gardening gloves
What To Do:
- Pour 20 drops Super Thrive, 1 cup Hasta Gro, 2-3 cups alfalfa pellets, 2-3 cups epsom salts, and 1 cup fish emulsion into the bottom of your trash can. Fill the trash can 7/8 full with water (basically to the top, but if you fill it all the way to the top it will spill over when you stir). Stir it all together. (Helpful Hint: It may help to fill the trash can up only half way first and stir together until well combined, then fill the trash can the rest of the way and just stir lightly to mix.)
- Water your garden with this once every two weeks. Use approximately one pint per plant.
- Helpful Hint: Be sure to use gloves when working with this because if it gets on your hands they will STINK! And on the stinky note… your garden will apparently stink for about half a day each time you use this, but the smell will fade off and you will end up with beautiful vegetables as a result.
Don’t you feel like you’re part of a super secret gardening club now or something? I sure did when she passed this on to me! It’s like I have a secret gardening weapon that gives me an edge over the other simpletons of the gardening world. Bwahahaha! (That’s my evil laugh, btw.) 😀 Just Kidding. It’s something I hope EVERYONE can use and benefit from so we can ALL have awesome gardens!