How to Make and Use Nettle Fertilizer Syrup to Grow Vegetables
🌿 Nettle is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, essential nutrients for plant growth.
🧪 Preparation: Macerate the nettle leaves in water for 2-3 weeks until they ferment, stirring occasionally.
🕰️ Fermentation time: You know it’s ready when the smell is strong and unpleasant.
🌱 Use: Nettle syrup is diluted in water (1:10) before applying it to plants.
💧 Application: It can be used to water the base of plants or as a foliar fertilizer on leaves.
🐞 Additional benefit: It also helps repel pests and strengthen plant defenses.
🍅 Effectiveness: Ideal for vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and others with high nutritional requirements.
Summary: Nettle syrup is an easy-to-prepare organic fertilizer that improves vegetable growth and protects plants.