Why does the old lady throw powder into the pepper holes in spring? 🤔🌱 The neighbors were puzzled until they saw her bushes full of big, juicy peppers! ❤️🫑 Her secret is simple and almost free. Find out more in the article 👇💬
At our countryside house, you can meet a lot of interesting people, but one elderly woman really surprised the neighbors. Someone noticed her throwing some kind of powder into the holes in the spring. Was it fertilizer or something against pests? Everyone was confused. But when it was time to harvest, they couldn’t believe their eyes – her peppers were huge, juicy, and bright! The secret turned out to be a special kind of feeding that costs nothing.
Today I’ll share how to feed peppers to get a big harvest without using chemicals.
Feeding the seedlings: the first step to a good harvest Some people think that seedlings don’t need fertilizer since they get nutrients from seeds. But if you want strong, healthy plants, feeding them is important.
The first feeding should be done a few days after transplanting, then once every 10 days.
Wood ash is a great source of potassium, magnesium, iron, and phosphorus.
You can sprinkle ash around the seedlings, and it will get into the soil during watering.
Or make an ash solution:
Mix 3 tablespoons of ash in 1 liter of water.
Let it sit for 24 hours and water the plants as needed.
Ash also protects plants from rot, which is very important for seedlings.
Yeast fertilizer helps plants grow faster and is very useful for weak seedlings.
Dissolve 30 g of fresh yeast in 3 liters of warm water.
Add 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Let it sit for 24 hours.
Dilute with water 1:1 and water the plants at the root (don’t spray the leaves!).
Eggshells are a good source of calcium and help prevent blossom end rot.
Fill half of a 3-liter jar with crushed eggshells.
Pour boiling water over them and let it sit for 5 days.
Strain and water the plants once every 2 weeks.
Onion peels are great against fungi and “black leg.”
Pour 1 cup of onion peels with 1 liter of boiling water.
Let it sit for 3 days.
Water the plants once a week.
Baking soda solution helps get rid of spider mites.
Mix 1 tablespoon of soda with 0.5 liters of water and add 3 drops of iodine.
Spray the affected plants.
Milk and iodine treatment makes seedlings stronger and protects them from fungi.
Add 5 drops of iodine to 0.5 liters of milk (2.5%).
Spray only the leaves and cover the soil to prevent fermentation.
The neighbor’s secret: What powder did she use? At first, people laughed, but when they saw her amazing harvest, they were impressed. So what was her secret fertilizer?
How to make natural super-fertilizer:
2 cups of bone meal.
3 tablespoons of wood ash.
Put 3 tablespoons of this mix into each hole when planting.
After 2 weeks, dissolve the same mix in 10 liters of water and pour 1 liter under each bush.
The result: lots of flowers and twice as many fruits!
This method works better than any chemical fertilizer. Plus, peppers grown this way are safe for kids.
More natural fertilizers for bigger and sweeter peppers:
Don’t throw away banana peels!
Dry them, crush them into powder, and add 3 tablespoons to each hole when planting.
Apple and potato peels also work great as they help release nutrients into the soil.
Banana peel infusion for watering:
Mix 1 cup of banana powder with 5 liters of water.
Let it sit for 3 days.
Water each bush with 0.5 liters of this mix.
Using these natural methods, your peppers will grow big, sweet, and safe to eat!
