The potato peel It is considered an effective raw material for use as fertilizer, since your skin generates a lot of heat improves soil fertility and increases yield of many crops, which optimizes seed germination and the acceleration of the growth period of adult plants.
Likewise, this type of fertilizer allows protect crops from sudden frosts, as well as helping to control pests and limit the growth of weeds in the vegetable garden or garden.
Important
- It is recommended to collect these shells in advance to have a large quantity, since the volume of the final product will be much less than the mass to be prepared.
- It is not advisable to spread the peels of potatoes around the vegetable garden or garden, as it can attract rodents to the area.
- Apply the fertilizer during the winter period, when the plants receive less sunlight, the infusion of potato peels is used mainly for indoor plants. The plants are watered with it in small quantities. Irrigation frequency, once every two months.
Method to create this potato peel compost
Drying
The easiest way to preserve the shell is to dry it. It should be washed very well with water and then left to dry somewhere in the house where the sun hit, it should be turned periodically and after approximately 10-12 days it will be ready for use or storage.
However, if we leave the shells to dry in the open air in a warm sunny weather, it will be ready after three or four days.
Likewise, you can make use of a convection oven to prepare compost in three to four hours. Potato peels are placed in the oven at a temperature of 80-90 degrees, and for better air circulation the door is left slightly open.
Freezing
If required, they can be keep in the refrigerator or freezer, once they are dry and clean; however, this can minimize its nutritional properties.
The potato skin is washed to remove dirt and dried to remove excess moisture, then folded into plastic bags and frozen. In areas with cold winters it can be stored outdoors.
Finally can be used several months later to make the fertilizer into flour or infusion.
Infusion
The shell, already washed and dried, is folded in a glass jar and poured with boiling water in a 1: 1 ratio. This fertilizer is used both for home plantations and seedbeds, as well as for garden plants.
The infusion of potato peels will be ready for use the day after it is made.
Potato flour
This fertilizer is characterized by its versatility in application as well as ease of storage. In places without humidity, it can be easily stored for up to several years, preserving its nutritional properties.
After drying the potato skins until complete dehydration In an electric dryer or in an oven, they are crushed in a blender or a coffee grinder until obtaining a fine powder, to finally store it until its later use.
When and how to use it as compost
Even with high-quality compost, the desired results may not be obtained if the following rules are not followed. ANDIt is important to remember that, depending on the method of application of potato peels, the proportions and doses of fertilizer change, as well as the period of application recommended.
Also, the use of these shells as compost for a garden or as fertilizer for the garden is different.
This type of organic compost works best with crops of watermelons, melons, cucumbers, zucchini, cabbages, turnips and garlic. The dose will be different for each plant or crop, and in many cases the use of fertilizer prepared by different methods is recommended – in some cases it is better to composedt, in others a decoction or porridge.
Dry compost It is applied at the time of planting the seedling at a rate of 500 gr for every 10 liters of water. Subsequently, it is recommended spray once a week the infusion of the potato.
For cabbage, this method is good as a starter compost. By feeding cabbage seedlings, you improve the survival rate, and also accelerate the formation of the root system. For fertilization, the most suitable is the flour immediately before planting.
Potato peel infusion works best with onions, garlic and radishes. Meanwhile, the pulverization of the seeds is carried out with a frequency of two weeks, and the fertilization is carried out until crops are fully ripe.
This compost is Very versatile: can be used not only to plant cabbages, onions and garlic, but also to improve the yield of fruit crops, such as raspberries or strawberries.
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