Growing Organic Vegetables - Preparing Your Fertilisers

Adding organic fertilisers to your garden soil ensures that the soil get the necessary nutrients that it needs. A large number of gardeners growing organic vegetables will tell you that if you do this 2-3 times annually it will vastly improve all of the soil in your vegetable garden.

Keep in mind that doing this the organic way makes sure that there are no man made chemical compounds being put back into your soil.

Varieties of fertiliser:

These can be broken down into two basic types.

Organic animal focused and organic plant focused fertiliser.

Organic Animal Fertiliser:

Organic animal fertiliser is more generally known as manure.

Most commonly you will find that it originates from cows, horses and chickens. You may also include bats and rabbits within our list of animals.

This manure will need to have enough time to decompose and age before mixing it in fully with your soil. If you are doing this yourself it is very important that the manure has fully decomposed to ensure the removal of detrimental bacteria.

Once your fertiliser is fully decomposed you can now blend this in with your soil. It will depend on exactly what form your fertiliser is in as to just how you could do this.

But in general terms, if it is in either liquid or solid form you really should ensure that it is mixed in very well with your soil. It is also a good idea to plan your planting for not less than 3-4 weeks after you apply your fertiliser. Not only will this assist the fertiliser to work it's magic through the soil but it will eliminate any bad smells from the manure that will otherwise make your planting an undesirable task.

Organic Plant Fertiliser:

Referred to in most gardening circles as "Green Manure" Plant based fertiliser comes from multiple sources.

Most common are derived from seaweed and kelp. This form of fertiliser is perfect for growing organic vegetables as seaweed has been found to contain nutrients such as manganese, copper and zinc. All of which are intimately associated with good growth of your produce and give the soil with the much needed nutrients an organic gardener looks for.

Lots of organic gardeners now make use of worm casings to fertilise their soil. You are able to buy this in your local gardening outlet, but a lot of people now generate their own.

To get this done you need to make certain you have the correct worms that you can get once again from the garden shop. A covered container and moist vegetable matter or old newspaper. This is a very good and consistent way to get free fertiliser for your garden all the year round and costs almost nothing.

There is another "Green Manure" fertiliser you can use if you can find the appropriate plants. Commonly this is a crop such as soya that is grown and then harvested and blended with the soil so that the plant merely decomposes in the soil. This works very well as the decomposing plant matter discharges nutrients as it breaks down into your soil.

Ensuring that you keep the soil of your organic garden well fertilised at least twice a year will make certain your crop is gaining it's highest growing potential. It is relatively cost-effective to do and the minor costs involved will ensure that your eating a good crop of organic vegetables though-out the year.

Why not give growing organic vegetables a go, you really will love the taste of your own naturally grown vegetables and herbs