Orange peel contains more useful substances than its pulp, including vitamins, minerals, essential oils, and antioxidants.
In this article, we will tell you how to use orange peels to grow seedlings.
How to make fertilizer from orange peels
Most often, orange peel is used to feed plants and improve soil fertility.
To do this, it is buried in the ground, like banana skins.
The crust saturates the soil with nitrogen compounds and improves the germination of plants.
If you throw away citrus peels, do so only in the compost.
Fresh orange or tangerine peels can be buried in the ground near the plant you want to help grow stronger.
The most important thing is not to bury the fertilizer deeply.
Also, note that this must be done extremely carefully so as not to damage either the stem or the root of the plant.
To prepare the fertilizer, take 100 grams of orange peels and fill them with 1 liter of water.
Leave in a dark place for 3-4 days, and then spray the plants with the solution.
Another way is to soak orange peels in water, grind them in a meat grinder or blender, pour them into a three-liter jar and fill with warm water.
Leave for 5 days in a dark place and strain.
Orange peels can also be used against pests.
For this you also need to prepare an infusion, but a little different.
Take the peels of three oranges, chop them finely and add a liter of warm water.
We leave the infusion for one week: it should brew well.
Citrus peels can be added to your compost bin.
Gardeners recommend feeding plants with this fertilizer in early spring.
Previously, we told you why cucumbers are bitter.
