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Benefits of growing organic

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Why do I think organic gardening is good?

Well, to start, organic gardening is better because you don’t use chemicals. Chemicals damages the plants more than they help it.

Pesticide: pesticide are dangerous for our health. They may not harm you immediately, but they slowly do.
They are also dangerous to our environment. There are birds and other good insects that eat the bad insects on your plants. By spraying the bad insects, the good insects and birds will also get harmed. Because they eat the insects that were sprayed with the pesticide.
An organic solution to these bad insects is worm tea. I’ve never experienced the worm tea killing the insects. I only see them disappear. Maybe they died or maybe they flew away. But what I do know is that they never came back! So you should definitely try this out.
Another method of getting rid of them is to plant different types of flowers. These will atract beneficial insects that will eat the bad insects.

Nutrients: non-organic nutrients damage the soil more than they help the plant. Of course this is bad. Because a bad soil type means no healthy vegetables.
You can give your plants as many non-organic nutrients as you want. But you don’t always see a progress. Sometimes you do.
But one thing for sure is that they won’t make the plant healthier and the vegetables won’t be tastier.
Using organic nutrients will make your plants healthier and your vegetables will also get tastier. And they won’t damage your soil either. They will even make it better than it was!
My organic nutrient is also worm tea. My plants have been growing much better after I started using this. Try it out and let me know how it works.

To learn more about worm tea, click here.

So my conclusion is that organic gardening is always better. It:

  • makes your plants grow healthier
  • enhances you soil quality
  • makes your vegetables taste better
  • won’t damage the soil
  • is environment friendly

Worm tea in Aquaponics

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Aquaponics is a system where you grow your plants without using soil. You use a medium such as Hydroton to hold your plants.

In an aquaponics system the plants will grow faster and will require less space. Because the roots won’t have to go search for water. The water is brought directly to them. And that’s why the roots will stay shorter than when they are planted in soil. The benefit of this is that you can grow more plants in less space.

The water that you use in your aquaponics system is fish water. The fish lives in the water and its poop becomes nutrients for the plants.
With the help of bacteria, Ammonia (comes from the poop) becomes Nitrite. And nitrite becomes Nitrate. The nitrate is what becomes the nutrients for the plants.
When the water goes through the hydroton and plant roots, it gets cleaned. So it works like a filter. A cleaner water will then go back to the fish tank.

But the fish can’t supply the plant with all the nutrients it needs. So that’s why you have to provide the plant with the nutrients it’s not getting from the fish.
This can be Worm Tea. It comes from a worm bin. The worms eat organic wastes and make it a compost for the plants. Which contains high level of nutrients that the plants love!

With the finished worm compost you can make your own worm tea. You place it in a sock or breathable bag and let it stay in water for 24 hours. All the nutrients from the worm compost will dissolve in the water.
This worm tea can be used as a nutrient for the plants. You just water them with it. You can also use it as a pesticide. I’ve used this on my pepper plant with white flies for 2 weeks. And then I didn’t have to use it again. All the white flies were gone and they never came back.

But you can also pour the worm tea in your aquaponics system to give the plants the nutrients they aren’t getting from the fish.
Pouring the worm tea when you just started your aquaponics system provides the plants with nutrients while the system is still cycling.
I’ve had great experience with pouring worm tea in aquaponics system.
I once had a few basil cuttings and I’ve put them in there to let them root. They had about 3 days in there. And they were dying. I could just take them out of there and throw them away. But I had some worm tea that I made myself. So I poured it in the system.
The next day, the plants were beautiful! It’s like they weren’t dying the day before. I couldn’t believe my eyes!
It also help the plants to grow faster. You can try this and see for yourself.

Your turn
What is your experience with worm tea? Share it with me in a comment below!
And feel free to ask me any question you have.

 

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Natural Pesticides

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After we learn about the health risks associated with harmful chemicals such as those used in traditional pesticides, the next step is to find out how to get rid of pests without putting our health or the environment at risk. Natural pesticides refer to pest control solutions that are made with natural ingredients. The earth is endowed with plants that are both beneficial and harmful to living organisms like animals, birds, and insects. Some plants that are poisonous can be used to get rid of pests that harm vegetables, fruits, and crops without the ill effects of manmade formulations.

Exposure to pesticides can lead to cancer, infertility, birth defects, and damage to the brain. Both children and adults are susceptible to these negative effects. Considering the harm that chemical pesticides may pose, using a natural pesticide to control pests at home is a very advantageous solution.

Plant Based Pesticides

Plants have been successfully utilized to make organic pest control solutions. Most of these plants are found in tropical areas. Before chemical pesticides came into the picture, the local people in these areas used these plants to control pests.

One such example is the Calabar bean which can be found in West Africa. Local tribes used this to control the pests invading their crops. This plant was originally utilized as a poison, and then eventually was used to develop methyl carbamate insecticide. Another example is the daisy flower. You would never know by merely looking at one but this plant is also used as an insecticide. The daisy is the source of the insecticidal extract pyrethrum.

Lonchocarpus which is a forest vine used by South American Indians to stun fish is also a good natural pesticide. In fact, the roots of this vine are imported for the creation of rotenone, which is a biodegradable pesticide.

Another natural pesticide developed in India is a mixture of Jatropa, Neem, Custard Apple, and Pongamia seeds. This concoction is used to ward off pests without harming vegetables. It’s also commonly used on bananas, grapes, cotton, and sugarcane.

For Household Use

If you find insects crawling on your beautiful vegetable garden or your lovely flowering plants, you can actually take out your blender and puree 15 cloves of garlic and a pint of water. Use a cheesecloth as a strainer and pour it into a spray bottle. Apply the solution to the top and bottom leaves of your plants every few days and those little suckers are a thing of the past.

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