About The Long Island Gardener Expertise Do you know the wrong fertilizer will keep your plants from blooming?
Do you know that too much Nitrogen can kill your grass, even if it does not burn the roots? Do you know that Roses need a LOT of Nitrogen to bloom -- and why is that?
There's some complex chemistry in those plant foods. The secrets behind N-P-K are the key to the ultimate lawn, the the biggest flowers, the most fruits and vegetables. And if you don't get it right, you could be sorry.
I'll show you what you did wrong, and how to fix it.
Experience Homeowner with gardens indoors and outdoors, lawns back and forth. I wrote my first gardening column for our college newspaper, teaching roomates about the right way to feed those windowsills gardens. Today I look for challenges. Organic Fertilizers are the key to proper feeding of all our plants. Can you make your own fertilizer? Some people think so -- but there are side effects. I have been there, done that for 54 years and there is nothing like the voice of experience when it comes to Horticulture and Fertilizers.
Publications Numerous and sundry but only in college did I write about plants.
Education/Credentials B.A., Botany and Mass Communications.
Question I'm an Avid juicer,and i notice that the pulp from my fruit and Vegetables is always going to waste,so i was wondering if mixing the pulp into my soil would enrich it, or potentially cause harm to my plants and me
Answer This is a GREAT idea and I don't know why you didn't think of it sooner. I suspect you may have too much too mix into Soil without asking for trouble -- the decomposition consumes Nitrogen like a house on fire, and that's not good for plants -- but a compost pile, which can be somewhat enclosed in a special bin or even covered with a plastic mesh laundry basket to keep it from being raided by local rodents, would be transformed into valuable amendments that you could add or give away later. I'm a bit tired right now and so I'm not sure if this is making sense -- I just want to make the point that those fruits and vegetable scraps definitely build strong bodies 12 ways -- but need to be pre-treated by microbes first. Thus treated, they become the ultimate source of nutrients for your plants. Some communities allow restaurants to recycle those scraps thereby avoiding the cost of having them carted away. Good luck with this; any questions?
