Instead of throwing away potato peelings, you can use them in the garden.
In this article we will tell you exactly how.
How can you use potato peels in gardening
Potato peels have long established themselves as an excellent fertilizer.
The fact is that potato peelings contain a high percentage of starch, due to which the soil is enriched.
Potato peelings for the garden can be used in different ways.
The easiest way is to scatter them around the area and then dig up the ground.
Moreover, this can be done both in the spring, before planting crops, and in the fall, after harvesting.
Nevertheless, there are other options for using purifications as fertilizer.
In places where potato peelings are buried, earthworms reproduce well, which improve the soil structure.
Fertilizer based on potato peelings can be successfully used as a fertilizer for indoor plants and when replanting them.
In addition, the peel is rich in nutrients such as potassium, magnesium, phosphorus and many vitamins. All these nutrients speed up the growth of our plants. Compost can be given to any plant at any time of the year.
Thus, by using potato peelings as fertilizer, you can fertilize your garden without chemicals. Store the scraps in a compost thermos and get natural and effective fertilizer for your garden.
How to feed cucumbers with potato peelings
To do this, you need to pour boiling water over the dried potato peelings and let them swell, and then mash the peels into a paste.
This paste can be placed in holes when planting cucumber seedlings.
Flour from potato waste is used when growing seedlings - 1 teaspoon is poured into each seedling pot.
Crops such as onions and garlic, radishes, carrots and beets also respond well to potato fertilizers.
It is most convenient to feed them with infusion or decoction of potato peels.
Previously, we told you how to fertilize blueberries in the spring.
