By: Herrick Kimball
Add a water-soluble fertilizing solution to your bucket-irrigation setup and you have bucket fertigation. There are lots of options for natural and organic fertigation solutions. Here are a few...
Fishy Solutions
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Soluble ocean-fish concentrates are an excellent fertigation solution, though a bit pricey. This Article does a good job of explaining the different kinds of fish-based liquid fertilizers.
Soluble ocean-fish concentrates are an excellent fertigation solution, though a bit pricey. This Article does a good job of explaining the different kinds of fish-based liquid fertilizers.
Liquid Kelp
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Kelp is another word for seaweed and whatever you call it, the stuff is loaded with fertilization that greatly benefits garden plants. Click Here to read more about kelp as a fertilizer. It is also possible to get fertigation solutions that are a combination of fish and kelp.
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Compost tea is another excellent solution for bucket fertigation. The modern-day process of "aerobically brewing" a biologically active tea with compost is explained in This Online Article by Elaine Ingham.
Worm castings are an incredibly effective fertilizer and can be aerobically brewed just like compost. This Article provides lots of good information on the subject.
Compost tea is another excellent solution for bucket fertigation. The modern-day process of "aerobically brewing" a biologically active tea with compost is explained in This Online Article by Elaine Ingham.
Worm Casting Tea
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Worm castings are an incredibly effective fertilizer and can be aerobically brewed just like compost. This Article provides lots of good information on the subject.
Steeped Manure Tea
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| This picture shows the traditional method of steeping manure or compost tea (photo link) |
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Old-fashioned, steeped (or extracted) manure tea may not as biologically diverse and beneficial for plants as the aerobically-brewed compost or worm-casting tea, but extracted tea (as opposed to the aerobically-brewed) worked for Benny's Grandfather, and other gardeners of the past. Click Here for more information about the differences between brewed and extracted fertilizing teas.
Urine.
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| Swiss chard on the left was fertilized with urine (photo link) |
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It so happens that your own urine is an excellent fertigation solution for your own garden. Here are three links that will make you a believer in urine fertigation: Urine Fertigation Link #1, Urine Fertigation Link #2, Urine Fertigation Link #3
Blackstrap Molasses
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Blackstrap molasses is commonly used an ingredient in the aerobic brewing of various fertilizing teas. But molasses by itself can be added to water to make a nourishing fertigation solution. Click Here for more details.
Proprietary Solutions
There are all kinds of water soluble fertilizing concoctions on the market. Do a Google search and you'll find them. Here are a few organic options that I found (but have not tried).
Organic Plant Magic
Urban Farm Fertilizer Company
Super Tea Mix
Organic Plant Magic
Urban Farm Fertilizer Company
Super Tea Mix