{"id":45715,"date":"2023-07-11T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45715"},"modified":"2023-07-11T08:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:15:32","slug":"fertilizers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45715","title":{"rendered":"Fertilizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To make a nitrogen boosting fertilizer<br \/>\nTo a two cup container add<br \/>\nContents of 1 teabag<br \/>\n1 cup of oats<br \/>\n1 cup of boiling water<br \/>\nlet sit for at least an hour, preferably longer.<br \/>\nStrain to remove particles.<br \/>\nWater your plants once every three weeks with the liquid.<\/p>\n<p>For potassium, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium<br \/>\nTake a banana skin, chop finely and add to a litre of water.<br \/>\nLet soak for at least an hour to release nutrients.<br \/>\nStrain and water the plants with the liquid.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete home made fertilizer, into a 4l container add<br \/>\n3 egg shells crushed as finely as possible<br \/>\n3 banana peels chopped<br \/>\npeel from one potato<br \/>\nTea leaves from 3 tea bags<br \/>\n3 table spoons of 3% hydrogen peroxide<br \/>\n1 teaspoon of baking soda<br \/>\nFill with warm water<br \/>\nShake<br \/>\nLet sit for 24 hours<br \/>\nStrain out the solids<br \/>\nUse the liquid to fertilize your plants.<\/p>\n<p>To kill gnats and their eggs in the soil:<br \/>\nadd<br \/>\n1\/3 of a cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide<br \/>\n1 cup of water<br \/>\nWater the plants with the liquid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To make a nitrogen boosting fertilizer To a two cup container add Contents of 1 teabag 1 cup of oats 1 cup of boiling water let sit for at least an hour, preferably longer. Strain to remove particles. Water your plants once every three weeks with the liquid. For potassium, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium Take &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45715\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fertilizers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45716,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45715\/revisions\/45716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}