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    High all, hope everyone is having an awesome week. Can I use dry homemade fertilizer on my soil instead of using it as a tea? I grind up egg shells, banana peeling, Starbucks coffee grounds, and wood Ash. Everything I'm reading says mixing with water to make tea. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys n gals.

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    I would compost it before making tea from it or adding it to the soil.

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      Originally posted by Bmw View Post
      High all, hope everyone is having an awesome week. Can I use dry homemade fertilizer on my soil instead of using it as a tea? I grind up egg shells, banana peeling, Starbucks coffee grounds, and wood Ash. Everything I'm reading says mixing with water to make tea. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys n gals.
      I agree with the fallenmunk, but do not forget that the compost requires direct access to oxygen, the humidity should be 60-70%, the temperature should be 10 °C - 45 °C. I advise you to add chalk to the compost for calcium enrichment, manure of herbivorous birds, you can also add some preparations for compost.

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        Coffee is acidic and will lower your PH, Wood ash raises PH as does egg shell.
        I use all mentioned in the (outdoor) garden directly and till them in, and some sulfur to lower my PH.
        Gypsum is a good source of calcium that does not affect PH, costs more than egg shell,,,

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          Originally posted by Rwise View Post
          Coffee is acidic and will lower your PH, Wood ash raises PH as does egg shell.
          I use all mentioned in the (outdoor) garden directly and till them in, and some sulfur to lower my PH.
          Gypsum is a good source of calcium that does not affect PH, costs more than egg shell,,,
          The main thing is not to add its replacement, the optimal addition of 0.06 kg per 1 kg of compost.
          Gypsum plays a crucial role in the formation of the structure and acidity of the compost. Acidity in turn determines the form of the nitrogen content in the compost. This is a very important indicator for plant nutrition. The fact is that the roots of the plant assimilate organic nitrogen, which can “eat” ammonia. But at high pH, ​​ammonia nitrogen can convert to free, gaseous ammonia, which is poisonous to plants. One of the most important indicators of compost is the complete absence of ammonia odor.

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