#fertilizer
One of my #Jalapeno peppers is about 90cm tall.
Remember it was full of #aphids and was afraid it would die.
Cleaned it up and trimmed it to the bare minimum and been feeding it organic #fertilizer and 1L of water every day.
It is full of #flowers and already picked about 20 peppers from if. It is my most successful plant in a long time. Specially since it got a new pot filled with old soil mixed with #vermiculite and compost.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
Helping Plants and Bacteria Work Together Reduces Fertilizer Need, Finds New Study
Helping to promote the natural relationship between plants and bacteria could reduce reliance on environmentally damaging fertilizers, a study has found.
As the population grows and crop yields are threatened by climate change, scientists are keen to help promote plant growth in a natural and sustainable way.
Researchers including those at the Universities of Warwick and Justus Liebig (Germany) have now shown a new way to boost plant nutrient uptake and growth. This could reduce the need for fertilizers, an input to agriculture which can be harmful for the environment. Fertilizers can run into waterways, or get broken down by microbes in the soil, releasing the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide into the atmosphere.
The team of researchers investigated the efficiency of plant-bacteria relationships (also known as symbiosis or nodulation), while also shedding light on how this natural phenomenon impacts interactions with other microbes in the soil. Their paper is published in the journal Microbiome.
https://organicconsumers.org/helping-plants-and-bacteria-work-together-reduces-fertilizer-need-finds-new-study/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=OB+810&utm_content=OB+810
#Plants #Bacteria #Reduce #Fertilizer
This makes me so mad!
It is now allowed to ship #fertilizer from #US to #EU without import permit. so my choice is to pay some 50 euros for less than 1kg of #hydroponic fertilizer here, when 12kg package in US costs $59.99
WTF.
Ridiculous prices of fertilizer in #France!
Buying 750g package of #Masterblend #hydroponic #fertilizer costs 69 euro from CDiscount, but in US, 6kg of if costs $39 on ebay.
It is really upsetting.
I wonder if people would buy packs of #fertilizer in small packs for 20L #kratky
#hydroponics with instruction on how to use them.
I make them for my use & found it really time saving to prepare them in advance to just mix them with water when my plants are germinated & mature enough to be transferred to bucket.
I make different ones for #tomato, #pepper, #cucumber, #melon, #eggplant. each pack will be about 5 euros.
info about kratky:
https://soakandsoil.com/diy-kratky-hydroponics-guide-beginner-friendly/
Can the World Feed Itself? Historic #Fertilizer Crunch Threatens #Food #Security
“Fertilizer #prices are up an average of 70% from last year,” said Timothy Njagi, a researcher at the Tegemeo Institute of #Agricultural #Policy and Development in #Kenya, referring to prices in the country. “The fertilizer is available locally, but it’s out of reach for the majority of farmers. Worse, many #farmers know that they cannot recover these costs.”
#Farm #Farmer #problem #future #humanity #humanrights #Nutrition #news #economy #poverty
Healthy Soil is the Key to Peace on Earth
"Soil is a #living #entity and needs to be treated as such ... The soil is #alive. It has rights. We have a duty to #respect those #rights, by stopping #extractive #industrial #agriculture and adopting #regenerative #organic #farming practices.”
#healthy #soil #key #peace #earth #johnikerd #ikerd #vandanashiva #shiva #bentrollinger #trollinger #bobquinn #quinn #farm #farmer #acresusa #fertilizer #economics #politics