Will (Guille) y amigos have done a lot of work over the last two years to amend the sucky quality of our southern Indiana clay soil. I think all that clay can at least partially explain the underwhelming size of our peppers the last two years.
Anyways, I decided I wanted to start helping our plants out a bit by giving them something to eat.
Veggie Plant Food (sans scary chemicals)
1 can/bottle of beer
1/2 c. fish emulsion*
6 oz. water
4 T epsom salts**
2 T Ivory dish soap
Hose end attachment***
Mix it all in the hose end attachment and set for 6 oz./gallon. Don't water the plants with this mixture (there won't be enough)...spray their leaves instead. Use all at once, and repeat every two weeks.
We have a pretty large garden and this made enough to cover everything at least twice. It seems to be working though!
*fish emulsion: I got mine at Bloomington Hardware. You can likely find this at any decent-sized hardware or garden store. This stuff STINKS, BAD.
**epsom salts: I bought this at K-Mart. Any drug store would do too. For those of you with bad bowels out there, epsom salt relieves constipation as well!
***hose end attachment: my oh my did I struggle with understanding how these things work. I ended up buying mine from Lowe's because I was too dense to understand the ones at B-town Hardware. All you have to do is pour your mix into the attachment, attach the end of your hose to it, set the oz/gallon, and spray. Buy one you understand, or have someone at the store explain it to you. Mine was only $10.
Adios mis amigos, hermanos y hermanas
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