by rootie | Apr 18, 2019 | GARDEN PEST CONTROL, ORGANIC FERTILIZER
Ever since i have been gardening, i have always stuck to the rule of not introducing chemicals in my garden. What, anyway, is the point of growing your own vegetables & herbs if you are going to poison them!! So my garden strategy is to either toss away something...
by rootie | Apr 17, 2019 | ORGANIC FERTILIZER
HOW TO USE BANANA PEELS IN THE GARDEN? One of the best homemade fertilizer to boost flowering is made from Banana peels. It is easy, effective and very cheap to make. This is an excellent DIY spray to increase flowers without using chemical fertilizers. Banana peels...
by rootie | Jul 26, 2018 | ORGANIC FERTILIZER
My rose plants have been screaming for some love & fertilizer lately. I’d bought a lot of them this season but lost a few prized ones due to heat & lack of care ( I was travelling too much). While I am trying to replenish my stock, yesterday was dedicated to...
by rootie | Feb 27, 2018 | ORGANIC FERTILIZER
Good gardeners rarely throw anything away.. So, while I was munching and building up a huge pile of peanut shells, I thought of google-ing (we Indians have a thing for “-ing” isn’t it) the nutrient content of peanut shells to see if they could benefit the soil in any...
by rootie | Dec 12, 2017 | ORGANIC FERTILIZER
If you eat eggs, your garden is in luck! Eggshells contain a good dose of calcium but also provide magnesium, sulfur and potassium to the plants. These nutrients help build healthy bone structure in plants leading to stronger plants and healthier fruit. From being an...
by rootie | Sep 18, 2016 | ORGANIC FERTILIZER
A gardener’s best friend is compost. Rightly labelled as BLACK GOLD, compost is what makes the garden world go around! While experienced gardeners still go all the way composting outdoors in pits and pots, turning compost, adding catalysts and all, it is us...
