With the advent of autumn, when foliage is falling from trees, many people have a desire to get rid of it by burning. However, it is possible to use leaves with greater advantage - to apply them as a fertilizer. During the growth in them accumulated a lot of nutritional elements: magnesium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, sulfur, nitrogen, potassium.
In addition, in the cold season fertilizer heats the soil, which reduces its freezing.
It is very useful to use as a fertilizer the fallen walnut leaves, since they contain a huge supply of organic matter.
Walnut leaves as a fertilizer - how to apply
To improve the yield of fruit trees (apples, apricots, pears, plums), you can fertilize them using the leaves of nuts as follows:
- to dig a tree;
- remove the top layer of soil to a depth of 20 cm, without affecting the roots of plants;
- Add the leaves of this tree, mixed with walnut leaves and two glasses of chicken manure;
- pour a small amount of water;
- fall asleep in 2-3 days.
Compost with the addition of walnut leaves
To prepare the compost , the walnut leaves are placed in a compost pile, they are well moistened, adding 20-30 g of nitrogen fertilizers to a bucket of water. With the onset of spring, this mass is shaken (shifted) and moistened, if necessary.
The walnut leaves added to the compost are useful for fertilizing garden beds. With their help, the yield of garden crops is significantly increased.
However, one should be careful when using nut leaves as a fertilizer, as they contain yuglon - a toxic substance. Therefore, in the compost there should be no more than one-fourth of the part.
Ash from walnut leaves as a fertilizer
Ash from walnut leaves contains many nutritious elements: potassium (15-20%), calcium (6-9%), phosphorus (5%), magnesium, zinc, iron and sulfur. Juglon completely decomposes when the leaves are incinerated in ash. Therefore, such ash is very useful as a fertilizer for vegetable crops.
In addition, it is useful to use this fertilizer in the garden if the soil is acidic. But if the soil is alkaline, use of ash is not recommended, since alkalinity will increase.
Thus, you can usefully apply falling leaves in a large number of walnut leaves as a fertilizer for the garden and garden.