8 Natural and Organic Fertilizers to Grow Big Plants

hello everyone this is Jack in this video I'm going to cover eight organic and natural fertilizers you can add to your garden I'm all about living natural lifestyle as free of chemical products so let's get started number one worm castings have lot of earthworms in my garden and my raised beds however merely keep earthworms in these two tours in my backyard and feed kitchen scraps for them and they make me black gold which is worm castings worm castings contain live enzymes and nutrients worm castings also encourage microbial activity in the soil earthworms aerate the soil and make the swell loose for roots to grow deep if you do not already have earthworms in your garden you can order some online or get some from friend the earthworms you should get are red wiggler earthworms these worms do really well in confined spaces are very easy to keep in your garden earthworms can eat half their bodyweight in day which all turns into organic fertilizer number two calm nor you can pick up calm newer in bags like these from Home Depot or Lowe's or you can just contact your local dairy and pick up cow poo right from there deer manure and commoner has been used by our ancestors throughout the century and it doesn't even matter which part of the world we are from all of our ancestors has used cow dung to fertilize their gardens common or should be added to your garden at least 30 days before adding your plants commoner contains good nutrients and live bacterias needed for your vegetable garden to grow number three chicken manure chicken manure makes great fertilizer chicken manure is high in nitrogen and also contains potassium and phosphorus raw chicken manure can contain lot of nitrogen and can burn plants so it is best to eat chicken manure or compost the chicken manure before adding to your garden number four fish meal and board meal fish fertilizer used the unusable part of fish to make fertilizer from fish bones scales and skin these byproducts would otherwise go to waste fish fertilizers provide an organic source of burnfree nitrogen to the plants used the darn good fertilizer by grade big plants which contains fish meal bone meal and feather meal number five hot compost you can make your own hard compost by combining green and brown materials mixed on materials such as dead leaves with grass clippings layered the brown and green material like lasagna to make the compost pile water the pile completely when done keep the pile moist by watering the pile every two to three days and turn the pile every four to six days the pile heats up and all the organic matter starts to decompose quickly after two months the hard compost will be ready made detailed video on how to make hot compost check it out if you're interested number six compost tea you can also make your own compost tea to feed organic rich fertilizer to your plants just so grass clippings and any green material from your garden in bucket full of water for three to five days after about five days filtered the water into can and water your plants with the compost tea if you do not want to make your own compost tea you can buy ready-made compost tea extract from great big plants compost tea provides readily available nutrients to plants and your plants will absolutely love serving of compost tea number seven coffee grounds coffee grounds break down very easily and their natural pest deterrent and they smell really good coffee grounds add organic material to the soil and improve water retention in the soil fresh coffee grounds are acidic however used coffee grounds are neutral in pH you can pick up coffee grounds from your local coffee shop or Starbucks and they'll be happy to give you the coffee grounds you can add coffee granita your garden or add coffee grounds to your hot compost number eight eggshells eggshells are rich in calcium save eggshells from your kitchen and then crush the eggshells to add to your garden crushed eggshells are natural pest deterrent and help you neutralize the pH balance in the soil as well really hope you enjoyed this video and hope you can use some of this natural and organic fertilizers in your garden it's all about growing food in natural way it's Nature's Way of life and I'll see you another video you