Natural Organic fertiliser
Home gardening has become a common pleasurable diversion for most people. There are many ways to making a wonderland out of your backyard and all you need for this is some good seeds, a spade, and the ever dependable fertiliser.
Talking about fertilisers, many people seem to prefer the organic kind as opposed to the chemical-laden artificial ones that can be quite harmful to the environment. Organic fertilisers have two types. One is the synthetic kind, which means that it is organic compound artificially produced. The perfect example for this is Urea, a common organic fertiliser used by most to promote blooming.
The other type is known as natural organic fertilisers for obvious reasons. A hundred percent of the ingredients used to create a typical natural organic fertiliser come from nature, like fish extract, seaweed, and manure, guano, and compost materials.
Natural organic fertilisers are traditionally applied like tea to the soil. But with new developments in how natural organic fertilisers are made, they can now also be applied through different means. Natural organic fertilisers can be applied through spray canisters or by pouring (for liquid natural organic fertilisers.)
Perhaps the commonest type of natural organic fertiliser is the fish emulsion. This natural organic fertiliser is made entirely from finely grounded fish parts rich in trace elements that are very beneficial to plants. Trace elements found in this natural organic fertiliser are all or more of the following: boron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium.
Some companies have added other ingredients into their own brand of fish emulsions to enhance the plant growing benefits of this type of natural organic fertiliser. The added “enhancers” in this natural organic fertiliser include vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, growth hormones, nitrogen, as well as all the other micro and macro nutrients found naturally in fish but which may be lost during its synthesis.
Seaweed is another sea-product that quite naturally has the makings of a potential source of natural organic fertiliser. Seaweed extract is practically an organic storehouse of over 60 nutrients and amino acids. This natural organic fertiliser also contains Auxims, Cytokinins, and Gibberellins, which are substances that promote growth and plant development and improve color and bloom.
Natural organic fertilisers may also come from crab shells. This type of natural organic fertiliser, unlike fish and seaweed extract, is applied dry. Crab shell is an extremely valuable natural organic fertiliser since it also acts as an effective pest-control. Crab shell contains Chitin, the food source of chitin-eating bacteria that kills fungus and nematodes.
Natural organic fertilisers are largely preferred by most home gardeners for their environmental benefits. They are 100% natural and risk-free. And in ideal situations, natural organic fertilisers can outperform chemical fertilisers.
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