Every garden owner dreams of a bright green, thick lawn. But in order for it to really become an eye-catcher in the garden, it also needs the right care and one of the most important points is lawn fertilization. After the winter rest, the stalks now need a good portion of new nutrients in order to have a good start into spring. If you haven't started in March, you should do so in April at the latest and then by June. Of course, there are suitable fertilizers commercially available for this purpose, but you can also make your own. If you want to fertilize your lawn with home remedies, you can use the following:
Fertilize your lawn with home remedies – make your own organic fertilizer
Waste always accumulates in the home and garden, which is ideal for fertilizing instead of throwing it in the trash (the compost heap is the best example of how useful organic waste is). Some can even be processed into fertilizer straight away. What could you use to fertilize the lawn with home remedies?
A notice:Using food as lawn fertilizer carries the risk of attracting some unwanted guests (e.g. rats). Producing a liquid fertilizer with the respective products instead of spreading them as is is therefore a better option. Furthermore, with these products the nutrients are released into the soil quite quickly (since they are already pulverized or crushed). For this reason they are not suitable as long-term fertilizers.
Nettles are particularly effective (also against pests)
Nettle manure is one of the most popular helpers in the garden because it not only supplies the plants with valuable nutrients, but also has a protective property in itself when it comes to disease and pest infestation. Manure as a liquid fertilizer is also very easy to produce. So if you want to fertilize the lawn with home remedies, this is a perfect option:
- Collect one kilogram of nettles (fresh or 200 – 400 g dried).
- Shred them.
- In a bucket, pour 10 liters of water over the nettles (preferably rainwater or tap water that is at least stale).
- Seal the bucket airtight with a lid and let everything steep, stirring well once a day.
- The lawn fertilizer is ready to be applied as soon as you notice bubbles on the water surface (after one to three weeks).
- Remove the plant parts and dilute the manure 1:20 with water.
- Use it to water the lawn.
Find out when you should fertilize your lawn in spring and which lawn fertilizer is best in springin this article.
Coffee grounds as lawn fertilizer with weed killer
This home remedy not only pampers us in the morning as a freshener, but also when it comes to the face and hair and even the garden. Many people have long been using coffee grounds as fertilizer and it is no wonder that they will also be good for your well-kept lawn. Do coffee grounds help against moss in the lawn? Yes, because it becomes stronger and can fight weeds better. Coffee also makes the soil more acidic, which moss doesn't like. How do you properly use coffee grounds against moss in the lawn and of course as fertilizer?
- Collect the coffee grounds regularly.
- Spread it out on a baking sheet, foil or whatever else you have on hand and let it dry well to avoid mold formation.
- Then distribute the dry coffee grounds evenly over the lawn.
- No more than 50 g per square meter to avoid acidification.
- Water the lawn so the coffee can begin to take effect.
A notice:Coffee grounds are only partially effective against clover in the lawn. Wood sorrel, for example, will actually be more likely to receive this fertilizer. However, it is quite effective on horn clover, yellow sweet clover, purple clover and white clover.
What else you can do against mossfind out here.
Fertilizing your lawn with home remedies – Are eggshells suitable as a natural fertilizer?
You probably already know that liming the lawn is sometimes necessary. And eggshells, as we know, contain a good amount of calcium. But this is also enough to effectively clean the lawnfertilize with home remedies? Yes, because the shells also contain iron, fluorine, copper, manganese, molybdenum, sulfur, silicon and zinc. But how exactly do you use them?Eggshells like Dünger?
You can roughly chop the shells and let them steep in water for a while so that the minerals are released into the water. However, the peels are quicker and easier to use if they are chopped better:
- With a mortarcrush the eggshells. The whole thing works even better with a mixer because you get finer powder.
- You can mix the resulting powder directly into the irrigation water.
- Use it to water the lawn.
How often should you fertilize the lawn with eggshells? In principle, it is sufficient if you do this twice a year. You can then use other organic lawn fertilizers for further fertilization.
