I was filled with awe seeing my potted Sampaguita plant almost dying. No, not again. I guess this is the fifth time that I've repotted Sampaguita plant and as expected, leaves become dull and dry after a few weeks and there are some brown spots all over the leaves. I was challenged with this failure...I am a gardener wannabe and I will never give up. I've read a number of articles online and found out that coming up with your own organic fertilizer is not really that difficult. As a matter of fact, everything can just be picked up from your kitchen scraps.
I've decided to give it a try. I've concocted my own mixture of organic fertilizer by mixing egg shells, banana peelings, vinegar and coffee grounds. I used a blender to thoroughly mixed all these ingredients, kept it in a jar overnight, then I started to use it with my newly repotted sampaguita plant.
This is how my plant looked like before I applied the fertilizer:
BEFORE
I mixed my organic fertilizer with the soil on the pot making sure that this touches the roots of the plant. Then I make sure that it gets a little water everyday. After two weeks, this is how my Sampaguita plant looked like:
AFTER
You will notice that it got more leaves now and the color of these leaves are bright green and looks shiny. I was really happy seeing this big change. This only shows that I was successful in my newly concocted organic fertilizer. My Sanpaguita plant now looks very healthy and as of this writing, it still continues to grow more leaves.
To be honest, I intend to use this organic fertilizer for my upcoming vegetable garden since I want to make sure that I would successfully grow my long planned vegetable garden. This is indeed a challenge since, I am looking at container gardening and vertical gardening for my vegetables, so keeping them healthy is really a must.
Now, I became even more determined to push through with my plan and I am going to start working on it very very soon.
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