In organic gardens, fertilization is very important because strong plants only grow in he althy soil. Chemical fertilizers are completely avoided. However, even organic gardening is not possible without nourishing the plants. Compost, manure, green manure, manure, horn shavings or organic fertilizers from garden retailers allow vegetable plants to thrive excellently and ensure thick heads of cabbage and a rich strawberry harvest.
How can you fertilize a vegetable patch organically?
To fertilize a vegetable bed organically, use animal manure, compost, green manure, manure or organic fertilizers from specialist retailers. These promote he althy plants and increase the nutrient and water supply to the soil without chemical additives.
The principle of fertilizing in the organic vegetable garden
If you prepare the soil well in autumn and spring, you will hardly need any additional fertilizers during the growth phase. If nutrients are still missing, biological fertilizers are used, which feed bacteria and fungi in the soil. These decompose green manure, compost or mulch and release valuable substances for the plants. You can recognize a good substrate by its pleasant earthy smell, by the many worms and creatures that live in it and by its loose structure.
Animal fertilizers
Crap from
- Beef
- Horse
- Sheep
- Goat
- Rabbit
- Chicken
has been one of the most important fertilizers since ancient times. It contains all nutrients in a balanced and mild composition. This is applied as follows:
- Cattle manure is applied to the surface in a very thin layer in autumn and supplies heavy feeders.
- Horse manure is one of the “hot fertilizers” and is suitable for heating up cold frames.
- Pig manure contains almost no lime but relatively high amounts of potassium. It should be composted.
- Sheep, goat and rabbit manure are also “hot fertilizers” that should be composted.
- Poultry fertilizer has a high potassium and up to 12 percent phosphorus content. It is composted mixed with soil.
Horn meal is also a valuable animal fertilizer. The coarser the substance, the slower this fertilizer is converted.
Green manure
This is a very old method of soil improvement. In the vegetable garden it is used as a kind of shift change. Once a bed has been harvested, plant species that regenerate the soil are sown.
Manure
Both manure and plants can be mixed in water, fermented and diluted accordingly and poured as fertilizer. Manure is perfect for heavy eaters.
Compost
Compost not only serves as fertilizer in the organic vegetable garden, but also as a humus supplier and for soil care. A high humus content increases the water and nutrient holding capacity of the soil.
Organic fertilizers from specialist retailers
In garden retailers you can get universal and special fertilizers that are optimally tailored to the nutrient requirements of certain vegetable plants. There are even vegetarian fertilizers here that are made exclusively from plant-based raw materials (€10.00 on Amazon).
Tip
In the vegetable garden, pay attention to animal fertilizers from organic stocks, because traces of antibiotics and hormones can also be found in animal fertilizers. They have no place in the vegetable garden.