Today we will try to answer several questions (which surely many of you have asked yourself): What is the best organic fertilizer for coffee? And in general, what is the best organic fertilizer for plants?
Did you know that there are different types of organic fertilizers and that each of them may (or may not) be better adapted to the type of crop you may have?
The answers to the previous questions will have you telling them a little about the best organic fertilizers for some of the most common crops.
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organic fertilizer for coffee
There is no doubt that coffee is one of the most common crops in our beautiful country, therefore, it is essential that we know which is the best organic fertilizer for coffee that we can make, create or obtain.
The first thing you should know is that coffee plantations need several important elements for their growth, among them we can mainly mention the 3 most important ones: phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium.
To guarantee these three components, the creation of an organic fertilizer is required that has several elements that include a high concentration of such elements, for example, the following:
Potassium, part of the organic fertilizer for coffee
There are different ingredients that can be an excellent source of potassium, some of the most common and easy to find are: green sandstone, wood ash (it also has a percentage of phosphorus), compost, banana tea, among others.
Match
As we mentioned before, a good source of phosphorus is wood ash, we can also find it in other organic fertilizer ingredients such as: chicken manure compost, bovine manure compost, guano, among others.
Nitrogen
Guano also provides a fairly interesting percentage of nitrogen. On the other hand, we can also find: cattle blood meal, cotton, corn gluten, soy flour and many other elements.
Organic fertilizer for cocoa
Cocoa is also a plant that has a strong presence in Colombia and every day more people decide to use organic fertilizer for cocoa in their plantations in order to take care of their land, their plants and even their health. Let us learn a little more about the organic fertilizers recommended for cocoa plantations below.
El guano también aporta un porcentaje bastante interesante de nitrógeno. Por otro lado, también podemos encontrar: harina de sangre de ganado, algodón, gluten de maíz, harina de soya y muchos otros elementos más.
Manure tea
One of the best organic fertilizers for cocoa is manure tea, a fertilizer that is not that difficult to prepare and that can offer great advantages for your plantations.
Manure tea is a liquid manure that is produced by a fermentation process of solid manure.
Organic humus
This fertilizer will help the plant to grow more and have much stronger roots.
Organic humus is also an excellent source of nutrients (sulfur, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, manganese and nitrogen) for cocoa plantations.
One of the main characteristics of this fertilizer is to allow the soil to recover its properties.
How is such compost produced? With the presence of Californian worms that will take all those elements that you add to their habitat (plants to decompose, fruit leftovers in the home, excrement and much more) and will decompose them, finally producing humus.
Organic fertilizer for garden plants
The plantations in our garden are not as demanding as those that are carried out for the production of a large number of products that will be used in the local market or even in the international market.
However, it is advisable to better understand what organic fertilizer for garden plants they need to use and which one will give them the best results.
Manure organic fertilizer
This is perhaps the best organic fertilizer that we can use in our garden or in our small orchard.
The problem with this type of fertilizer is that many times we do not have access to bovine manure or chicken manure and that is why we need to think of other options.
Fertilizer based on banana skins
Clearly it is much easier to get hold of a few banana skins than manure, right? This nutrient does not guarantee everything necessary for the soil like the one mentioned above, however, the soil will be able to recover a little potassium and the flowers will look much more beautiful.
Compost with egg shells
Another interesting option that you will have on hand at home is to take the eggshells, wait for them to dry a bit and crush them to simply place them on the ground where our plants are. They can be very good for our garden.
Coffee
Who doesn’t like a good coffee in the morning? How many of you dispose of that coffee residue without knowing how good it can be for your plants?
Coffee leftovers have a lot of nitrogen, a high-quality element for your plants.
Compost for cacti
How beautiful succulents look in a home! They bring life to dull spaces! But how can they make their succulents look more beautiful and alive?
They can prepare a totally organic compost for cacti and with materials that they can find without so many problems.
Eggshell tea
An easy eggshell tea is a high-quality fertilizer for your succulents, yes, you must prepare it very carefully and not exceed the recommended amounts so as not to make mistakes.
How to make the tea? Very simply, they take a tablespoon of previously dried egg shells and boil them for about 5 to 15 minutes in about two liters of water.
They fertilize the succulent until the mixture is finished and stop fertilizing for at least 6 months.
Banana peel tea
If you want a nutrient that you can use more frequently, we recommend using a banana peel and boiling it together with a little sugar in half a liter of water. This tea will serve to water your succulent once a week.
Earth + gravel
Take some local soil, add gravel, perlite, or river sand to give it better drainage, and voila! They will have a perfect substrate for your cactus.
Do you already know how to choose organic fertilizer for coffee and other crops you may have? We recommend you take the time to make a good decision and not make mistakes that could damage your crops!
We also recommend you take a look at the blog and read all the articles we have about organic fertilizer!