Provide the heavy feeders in the garden with natural yeast fertilizer, attract beneficial insects and compost faster with these tips!
More and more hobby gardeners are looking for environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical fertilizers. In today's article we will explain to you how to make yeast fertilizer, what advantages the home remedy offers and which plants particularly benefit from it. The recipe is very simple and suitable even for complete beginners.
What benefits does yeast bring to plants as a fertilizer?
Baker's yeast has numerous uses in the home and garden. It contains useful yeast fungi that naturally decompose dead plant parts and promote root growth. It is also an important source of various nutrients such as iron, biotin, niacin, B group vitamins, potassium, magnesium and zinc.
Baker's yeast promotes growth, flower formation, extends the flowering period and improves water balance and the transport of nutrients. But it can do even more: the useful fungi protect roots and shoots from pathogens and keep the plants healthy.
Yeast can be used in different ways - for example as an additive to compost or for preparing sprays against pathogens. Or for the production of fermented or non-fermented fertilizers.
Make your own yeast fertilizer without fermentation
For the next fertilizer you need 32 g of dry yeast or 100 g of fresh yeast and 10 liters of lukewarm rainwater. Simply mix everything well and let it steep for an hour. You do not need to dilute the liquid fertilizer and can use it immediately after the 60 minute exposure time has ended.
Make your own fertilizer from fermented yeast and sugar
Optionally you can also let the fertilizer ferment. To do this, simply pour 32 g of dry yeast or 100 g of fresh yeast, two glasses of sugar and a glass of lukewarm water into a plastic bucket. Stir and wait two hours. Then fill the bucket with 10 liters of lukewarm water and let the mixture ferment for another 7 days. You can then dilute 1 glass of the solution with 10 liters of water and use it in the garden as fertilizer.
Use as a compost accelerator: The Bokashi bucket
The Japanese successfully use yeast as a compost accelerator. The system for recycling kitchen waste is called “Bokashi”. First, organic waste such as fruit and vegetable scraps, clippings or healthy plant parts is put into a special bucket. Then you fill it with yeast, lactic acid and water and seal it airtight. Over the next week, the kitchen waste ferments and after seven days a valuable, nutrient-rich liquid fertilizer is created.
Yeast spray protects leaves and fruits from fungi and bacteria
A spray containing yeast can strengthen the above-ground parts of the plant and protect it from harmful fungi and bacteria.
To prepare it, take either 32 g of dry yeast or 100 g of fresh yeast and put it in a bucket. Then add 500 ml of lukewarm milk and stir the whole thing until the yeast has completely dissolved. Then fill 10 liters of water and rub about 20 g of black soap (charcoal soap) finely. Spray all parts of the plant above ground with it once a week - including the lower side of the leaves.
Is expired yeast suitable as fertilizer
Expired yeast can also be used as fertilizer. Simply crumble 100 g of baker's yeast and add it in portions to 10 liters of water along with 200 g of sugar. Fertilize heavy-feeding plants in particular every three weeks.
Attract ladybugs to the garden with yeast
Ladybugs are among the most beneficial insects in the garden. They are often used as helpers in the fight against aphids. When you spray the plant leaves with the yeast spray, you provide the insects with an important source of protein. It attracts the ladybugs and strengthens them. So spray infected plants with the solution.
Which plants can you fertilize with yeast?
Practically all plants can be fertilized with yeast, but heavy eaters particularly benefit from it. What is much more important is when and how often the plants are fertilized. It is best to start fertilizing right at the beginning of the flowering period, using either fermented liquid fertilizer every two weeks or non-fermented fertilizer every three weeks. Stop fertilizing shortly before the end of the flowering period for ornamental plants and the harvest period for useful plants.
Fertilize orchids with yeast and extend the flowering period
Is your orchid no longer growing or blooming significantly less than last year? Then you can provide them with a yeast fertilizer. To do this, simply pour 10 g of yeast, 1 teaspoon of sugar and 200 ml of lukewarm water into a bucket and mix well. Then cover the bucket and place it in a sunny but warm place in the garden. Wait 2 hours, then add 800 ml of lukewarm water and stir the whole thing very well so that the ingredients can mix.
Fertilize houseplants with yeast
If the houseplants are weakened, they are often attacked by aphids, they burn quickly in the heat and wilt when they are placed outside, then yeast fertilizer is an option. Mix 1 teaspoon of fresh yeast with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 200 ml of water, place in a warm place for 2 hours and then add another 400 ml of water. Fertilize the plants every two weeks.
Fertilize roses with yeast and promote flower formation
Rose plants are among the heavy feeders in the garden and need regular fertilization so that they bloom profusely all summer long. To promote the formation of new flower buds, dissolve 3 teaspoons of dry yeast in 10 liters of water and water the plants from below. Then, during the flowering period, dilute 3 to 4 teaspoons of dry yeast with 7 liters of water and administer the liquid fertilizer to the plants every three weeks.
Fertilize tomatoes with yeast and sugar
Tomatoes needthe right care to bear large, red fruits. Treat heavy eaters to a solution of baker's yeast, sugar and water. First mix 10 g of dry yeast and 20 g of brown sugar and then fill the bucket with 800 ml of lukewarm potato water. Let the liquid fertilizer ferment in a warm place for about 4 days and then dilute it in a ratio of 1 to 10 with irrigation water.
