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 Vermicompost
Recommendations
Apply fertilizer Vermicompost in the open ground any time of the year, even in late autumn and don’t fear it may loose components that enrich soil with rain and melt water during winter-spring period. For 4 years the fertilizer will be providing plants with all the things needed.
Vermicompost is most effectively used for digging-in when planting of such perennials as roses, ornamental plants, decorative grass, conifer seedlings, etc.
— Small plants - 1/6 from the size of the hole. Harrow the fertilizer into the soil around the roots (350 g/sq.m.)
— Bushes - 1/5 from the size of the hole when planting, then according to the crown diameter (350 g/sq.m. per year).
— Trees - 1/4 from the size of the hole when planting, then - 350 g/sq.m. according to the crown diameter every year.
— When transplanting, add 100-200 g of vermicompost (or even more) to the hole and mix it with soil.
— Potato is rather responsive to vermicompost; add 100-200 g of vermicompost (or even more) to each planting hole together with seeds.
— When transplanting cucumbers, mulch soil near plants and fertilize it with vermicompost (1-2cm layer).
— Vermicompost is necessary for tomatoes. When transplanting, add 100-200 g of it to the hole.
— Strawberry begins to blossom and ripen 7-10 days earlier; it will be more beautiful, dapper and sweeter, and the yield will be bigger in case you mulch the ridge and apply vermicompost in spring.
— It’s better not to trench the ground around fruit trees, but apply a 2-3cm layer of humus according to the crown diameter every year. Fruits will be nicer, bigger, more fragrant and tasty.
Application doses are still the same when growing plants under cover, although it’s enough even if tubbing or potting.
Non-chloric fertilizer Vermicompost provides high tilling capacity and fuzziness that are important for growing conifers or other ornamental plants and it is not harmful. The fertilizer is effective for growing flowers in the open ground as well as at home.
Add 250g of fertilizer to 1kg pots.
In different plants leaves increase in size, they are 1.5-2 times bigger if compared to control plants, the color of leaves and flowers is more intensive, lateral buds quickly develop and florification begins earlier.
Make an aqueous extract, the so-called vermicomposting “tea”, to water seedlings and house plants: put 1 glass of Vermicompost to a bucket of room temperature water. Mix it properly and leave it for 24 hrs. This “tea” contains water soluble fractions of vermicompost (vitamins, phytohormones, humates, fulvates, etc.) as well as microflora useful for soil and plants. Don’t throw away drains from the bucket – this is an excellent feeding for house plants.
Soak cabbage, cucumber and tomato seeds in this solution. It’s better to do it overnight. Soak period - 12 hrs. For instance, germinating ability of seeds can increase up to 95% vs. 70% of control seeds soaked in water.
Dilute the solution of vermicompost “tea” 3 times more to water plants (1 glass of "tea" + 2 glasses of water). Water seedlings and all vegetables and fruit trees with the solution. In this case outcome increases as much as 33% and ripening periods are 10-15 days shorter.
Such vermicompost "tea" is good for sprinkling fruit trees. Sprinkling trees after flowering, in the beginning of fruit cast and flower-bud initiation provides fruit growth (early August), increasing trees capacity (fruits are bigger, more beautiful, colorful, juicy and sweeter). Sprinkling in the period of flower-bud initiation is good for the next year yields. Mulching of soil and application of a 1-2cm vermicompost layer to the area around fruit trees (according to the crown diameter) makes fruiting of apple, cherry, black cherry and plum trees annual.
This method of humus application is beneficial for gooseberry, currant, raspberry, and grape-vine.
Application of vermicompost shows excellent results in decorative flower gardening as well. It provides early seedlings production with better establishment, splendid blossom of flower crops, increase of flower’s diameter and their number. Vermicompost stimulates root formation and overground part of grafted plants development. Sprinkling flower crops with the "tea" three times during 7-8 days makes them grow and blossom 7-10 days earlier. It also makes the color of leaves more intensive and improves decorative appearance and quality of flowers.
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