Free Organic Nitrogen Sources For Plants And Garden! Our Top 10!

I didn’t see The fish nitrogen bottle you said you would post below

I've been raising rabbits for 3 years now and have come up with a great system for collecting their droppings. It's a total game changer. You don't even have to pay as close attention to your nitrogen because you literally cannot burn the plants with it. I just mix it into the soil and watch it grow.

We have big nightcrawlers in many places here. When I had no money for fertilizer I dug around under bushes and trees for worm castings from the nightcrawlers. It took a long time but it worked.

1 fish emulsion 2 alfalfa compost/tea 3 comfrey compost/tea 4 manure compost/tea 5 worm castings 6 grass clippings/leaves 8 coffee grounds 9 urine 9 cover crops 10 beans/peas

I'm a cheap, lazy, veteran gardener and I've always been intrigued by the concept of compost teas. Many years ago I started doing my own trials in various raised beds, growing identical crops in different beds and applying various types of composted teas in some beds and the "non-tea" ingredients in the others. This way, I can compare the results to see if a particular "tea" is worth the effort. My latest test was with comfrey, of which I have an ample supply. I grew tomatoes and pepper in two separate beds and applied a generous comfrey mulch to one bed and applied several applications of comfrey tea to the other. There was no significant difference. Except, of course, brewing the tea was a little more effort. I haven't yet found a "garden tea" that shows me it is worth the effort. Yet, I view a lot of videos (like this one) that recommend the practice. I wonder, is there anyone else out there that has done similar trials and found any measurable improvement? I'd love to hear from you.

You missed 2! Composted bark mulch is the perfect fertilizer for blueberries. #2 FEATHER MEAL. Don’t throw those chicken feathers out after you harvest your chickens. Compost them down and use them for next season.

Thank you Eric for being so spot on with organic nitrogen sources. I have tried one of organic nitrogen sources on my 2 pepper seedlings which have spindly stems and scanty yellowish leaves on top. After applying this organic nitrogen source green leave started on the stems and the leaves have become healthy green in a matter of days. The nitrogen source I am talking about here is human urine. I mixed it with water since I was scared to burn my seedlings.

I’m building rabbit hutches so that we can use the entire rabbit for meat, the droppings and tan their hides to make blankets and liners for our winter boots.

Good video, not alota loud music or long winded intro n i congradulate u on that. Ur daughter is an angel. Very informative thanks

Yellow blossom sweet clover works great in Ohio. Gets 3 feet tall AND fixes nitrogen. Disc the whole plant into the soil. Loosens the soil, adds nitrogen. And, not many people know that locust trees are legumes, too! Yup, round leafed plants are usually legumes.

Great ideas, thanks! One small addition is that the nitrogen fixers need to be chopped and dropped, since beans etc don't just freely leave extra nitrogen in the soil next to them as they grow. They use it for themselves, so you have to kill the plant to utilize the N

I make what I call my witches brew. Soil, compost, worm compost, leaves, FAA, comfrey, Bokashi juice, IMO, lactobacillus. Dilute it 4:1. It doesn’t get any better then that. And the activity in the can is crazy. I’m in SE PA and my tomatoes are dark green and flowering May 4th.

Love that alfalfa steep. When you were talking how good it was dry. I was thinking steep then you did. Your awesome, great minds think alike. Stay awesome.

You can use hot chicken manure mixed with water instantly. I put about 1 cup of manure in a 5 gal bucket. Put 2 or 3 gallons of water in and stir til it disolves. Finish filling the bucket with water. Then, I take about a cup of that and add it to my 1.5 gal watering can. I use it on all my veggies. For fruit trees, you can use the original mix. I don't water the leaves with it.

Urine is a great addition to the compost pile. It helps by giving the compost the water and the nitrogen that it needs. Also Coffee grounds are great in the compost pile. It helps to turn up the temperature you get from demposition. I've had mine up to 150 degrees and have heard of temps as high as 180.

Always look forward to your videos. I value your suggestions, and have learned a lot. Thank you.

I buy a bail of Alph Alpha and spread it out over our garden as well as put it in our compost pile

Coffee grounds are good to rehydrate soils too

I use fresh kangaroo poo on my garden beds, must be similar to rabbits because my seedlings love it.

I have liked the idea of manure tea I always add it to the soil as is.