Bread fertilizer for plants

Grain fertilizer as a fertilizer for plants - pros and cons

Fertilizing from bread is a very necessary and useful fertilizer, especially during the fruiting period. As already mentioned, the main useful component is yeast. These are single-celled fungi from the Saccharomyces family, which contain a huge amount of macro- and microelements, so they are used not only in cooking and cosmetology, but are widely used in gardening. They have a whole range of useful properties:

Increases plant immunity to adverse weather conditions;
Increase resistance to various infections;
Accelerate the formation of the root system and strengthen it;
Increase the vegetative mass of the plant;
They are growth stimulants;
The taste of vegetables improves and yield increases.

The action of yeast in the soil is the formation and reproduction of soil bacteria. Bacteria, in the process of their vital activity, process organic substances, resulting in the formation of nitrogen and potassium, important elements for the growth of any plant.

However, there is a drawback when using bread infusion as a fertilizer. Yeast reduces the calcium content in the soil. Therefore, in parallel with this feeding, it is necessary to add fertilizers containing calcium, for example, eggshells or wood ash. In addition, the fertilizer acidifies the soil, so it is more rational to use it on alkaline or neutral soil. And adding manure or chicken droppings to the infusion neutralizes the effect of yeast, so they should not be added when preparing the solution.

Bread infusion helps fight weeds. Having fertilized the bed in early spring, the remaining seeds germinate quickly. When forming the beds, the emerging weeds are removed and in the near future they will not appear again for a long time. You can fight weeds in the fall in a similar way.

Remember! When buying bread to feed plants, make sure it contains yeast. Bread with dyes or without yeast is not suitable for feeding.

What kind of bread for fertilizer

Feeding is prepared from bread that is in the house. Of course, the yeast of black and rye products works more actively. It is not at all necessary to throw only fresh bread into the infusion. Bread waste, dry crusts and even the remains of moldy bread are suitable for feeding. When buying bread, you need to pay attention to its composition. On sale you can find a yeast-free product with dyes and leavening agents, which are not at all suitable for fertilizing.

Crackers from the oven will not bring any benefit to the garden. With strong heating, yeast activity disappears, so the bread is dried only naturally.

Recipe for making bread topping

For preparing the infusion, black or gray bread, as well as the remaining dry crusts from it, are better suited. Oven-dried or toasted crackers are not suitable for making infusion.

Fill 1 loaf into slices with 5 liters of warm water to speed up the fermentation process.

Pieces of bread float to the surface of the water so that they do not become moldy at the top during the fermentation process; the container is closed tightly with a lid so that the pieces are completely immersed in the water and do not fall out of the bucket. To do this, press the lid on top with a small weight.

Leave to ferment for 5-7 days. After a week, the infusion will be ready. Add water to a volume of 10 liters.

Before using the infusion, the pieces are crushed and the infusion itself is filtered. Bread cake can be spread under fruit bushes, and the infusion itself is used for root and foliar (leaf) feeding.

For information. In order to obtain better nutrition, weeds, such as nettle or dandelion, are added to the mixture.

Bread infusion for cucumbers with iodine

There is probably not a single gardener who does not grow cucumbers on his plot. That is why the topic of feeding is important and always relevant. When feeding cucumbers with manure, very often the root system of the plants begins to hurt. As a result, various inclusions appear on the leaves, and the leaf blades along the edges begin to turn yellow. And the application of mineral fertilizers, especially during the fruiting period, leads to the accumulation of nitrates in the fruits.

Therefore, it is best to use natural organic fertilizers; even an excess of them cannot harm either the plant or the person. And one of the safest ways is to use bread infusion, or rather the yeast that is always in it.

The infusion is prepared according to the same principle, no matter what you want to use it for.

1 loaf or loaf of black bread is cut into slices or small pieces and soaked in 10 liters of warm water,
The top of the container is closed tightly with a lid,
Leave to brew for several days
The infusion is filtered and it is ready for use.

Fertilizing of cucumbers is carried out every 2-3 weeks, they are especially necessary during the period of fruit set and fruiting. For greater efficiency, iodine is added to the infusion. Of course, they can do without it. Iodine is a very useful microelement that plants need. In addition to the fact that it has a beneficial effect on the growth and development of the plant, it also prevents the occurrence of various diseases on cucumbers. Also, when preparing fertilizer, ash is added.

Half a bottle (10 ml) of alcohol tincture of iodine is poured into the prepared infusion. Having added iodine, mix the infusion well, and then carry out foliar feeding, irrigating the leaves with the infusion from a sprinkler. For root feeding, 0.5-1 liters of solution is watered under each plant.

Thanks to grain fertilizer, cucumbers

become more resilient to sudden weather changes.,
less susceptible to diseases,
their root system is strengthened and shoots become stronger,
the growth of vegetative mass and the appearance of ovaries is accelerated,
The taste and aroma of the fruits themselves improves significantly.

About the benefits of crackers

To prepare a nutritious infusion, crackers made from any yeast bread (white, gray) are suitable. It is yeast that has a positive effect on plants. When used regularly, they stimulate the growth of roots and above-ground parts of plants.

Gardeners who use an infusion of dry bread note its benefits for vegetable and flower crops:

plants are actively growing already on the 3rd day after root feeding;
vegetables can more easily withstand stress caused by worsening weather (heat, cold snap, prolonged rain);
In tomatoes, the immunity and taste of the fruit improves, and productivity increases.

The secret of grain fertilizer

With root feeding, beneficial bacteria actively multiply in the soil, which, absorbing microelements (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) from the soil, convert them into compounds more accessible to plants.
Thanks to this, the nutrition of vegetables occurs more intensively. On a note!
They do not like bread kvass, garlic, onions, or potatoes.

Tomatoes are one of those vegetable crops that respond well to yeast feeding. To achieve results, they are fertilized at least 3 times:

during the formation of buds for the first time;
the second time after 2 weeks (at the beginning of the formation of the ovaries);
the third time in another 2-3 weeks.

Feeding tomatoes, peppers, eggplants with bread infusion

Try feeding your tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and cabbage with bread infusion. Already on day 2-3 you will notice how the plants have noticeably changed for the better. It has been noticed that after introducing bread sourdough, the yield increases by 25%. Sourdough is useful as a source of yeast, which, when added to the soil, begins to release carbon dioxide, which is essential for plants to fully develop. After such feeding, the plants begin to grow rapidly and bear fruit well.

When preparing the fertilizer, fill the container 1/3 with crusts, fill it to the top with warm water and leave it to ferment in a warm place for a week. To improve the composition, weeds and mowed grass are added to the water. After a week, the infusion is filtered. The remaining grounds are placed under bushes in the garden, or in a compost heap. And 2 liters of the strained solution are diluted in a bucket of water (10 liters) and the plants are watered at the root, at the rate of 1-1.5 liters of solution per plant.

The first feeding is carried out before flowering by spraying the plant. The second, when fruiting begins, and here it is better to add 25 drops of iodine to the solution. This procedure increases fruiting and protects tomatoes from late blight.

Know that only white bread infusion is used to feed carrots.

When feeding plants, remember that the effectiveness of fertilizer will increase if you follow the following rules.

Fertilizing is carried out after watering the plants with water, so all the beneficial substances from the infusion will quickly reach the root system;
In order for beneficial substances, namely yeast, to begin to act, fertilizing is carried out in warm weather, or the soil must be warm;
In order to improve fruiting, sifted ash or finely ground eggshells are added to the solution during the second feeding;
It is better to fertilize in the morning or evening, every 2 weeks.

Feeding tomatoes with bread

Bread feeding of tomatoes is carried out during flowering and during the ovary period no more than once every 20 days. Fertilizers are applied when the soil is well heated, otherwise there will be no benefit from it. Bacteria are highly active only in a warm environment.

For tomatoes, prepare an infusion of 3-4 rolls and 15 liters of water. This composition ferments for 2-3 days. Then the strained mash is diluted again with water (1:10). Seedlings are watered at the roots in the evening. With the correct use of fertilizers, tomatoes grow actively and have ovaries until late autumn.

How to use bread fertilizer for strawberries

And bread fertilizer has a very beneficial effect on strawberries. After applying fertilizer, the foliage on the bushes and shoots become stronger. Plants are less likely to be exposed to diseases, primarily gray rot, and the berries grow large and sweet, and the yield increases noticeably.

The working solution is prepared using the same technology as when feeding other vegetables. The soaked bread is left to infuse for a week, then the infusion is filtered. The prepared solution is watered at the root of the plant, not forgetting that the soil should already be covered with water.

For information . Dilute the prepared infusion 1:10 if you have soaked the bread by a third or half the volume of the container. If you prepared a solution at the rate of 1 loaf of bread per bucket of water, in this case there is no need to dilute it, the solution is already ready for use.

The first feeding is carried out with the onset of warm weather and after spring treatment of the bushes.
Subsequent processing is carried out after the harvest is completed.

Remember that yeast reduces the calcium content in the soil, so add ash and eggshells to the infusion as a source of calcium. Or they are scattered between the bushes and then embedded in the soil.

Advice from professionals

Experienced vegetable growers never use bread infusion to feed sick, unrooted tomatoes. Beginner gardeners may find their advice useful:

tomatoes growing in the shade are watered less frequently and less abundantly;
do not feed tomatoes in the middle of the day if the weather is sunny and hot;
bread sourdough brings more benefits to tomatoes growing in soil with an alkaline reaction;
You need to add ash to the leaven made from crackers, 1 cup per bucket.

The best way to grow seedlings is bread infusion

At the initial stage of plant development, when tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and cucumbers are grown as seedlings, feeding them with bread infusion will be extremely useful. The seedlings will quickly respond to the fertilizer, since its root system will very quickly strengthen, which means the plant will receive all the substances it needs for growth.

Later, when the seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place, they will adapt faster and better to new conditions. In addition, it will be easier to resist various pathogens.

The solution is prepared as usual. First, the bread is infused for a week in water. Seedlings do not need a strong concentration, so the resulting solution is diluted in a ratio of 1:10. And with this solution the seedlings are watered 1-2 times a week. In a few days you will notice how your seedlings have grown stronger.

Watering timing

If the temperature is below 15°C, the absorption of nutrients becomes more difficult. Therefore, cucumbers need to be fertilized after planting in warm, preheated soil. In a heated greenhouse this can be done all year round, but in open land only during the warm season.

Typically, fertilizing begins in the spring, when growing seedlings. Therefore, you need to prepare the liquid for nutrient irrigation in advance. The seeds are watered with starter two weeks after germination. You should not fertilize plants more often than once every 12 days. Considering that the average growth cycle of cucumbers takes 40 days, this means just 4 waterings per season. You can apply grain fertilizer outdoors when the soil warms up to 20°C. Before spraying or watering, the soil must be properly moistened and loosened to give the roots access to air. In the greenhouse, before doing this, it is necessary not only to water the room, but also to ventilate it.

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How to feed peonies, roses and geraniums with bread

Indoor and garden flowers are no less demanding of fertilizers. By receiving useful substances in fertilizing, they bloom better and longer. Peonies, roses, and chrysanthemums, that is, those flowers that have a rich vegetative part, respond especially well to grain feeding. Among the indoor plants you should feed are geraniums, violets, and gloxinia.

The solution is prepared in the same way as in previous cases. Whether or not to dilute the infusion depends on how much bread is soaked in 10 liters of water. The concentrated solution must be diluted at a rate of 1:10.

Fertilizer is applied in the spring during the period of growth of the vegetative mass, and in the summer, when the flowers begin to bloom. In parallel with grain fertilizing, calcium fertilizers or mineral fertilizers with a high calcium content are applied to the soil. As an alternative, adding wood ash or crushed egg shells and then embedding them into the ground is a good option.