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The use of grow bags has increased nowadays as the flat-dwellers and the people who do not have enough space to do farming, focus their attention to their terrace. The unused terrace space is now the favourite place for people to grow their flowering and vegetable plants. It is not advisable to use soil directly on the terrace that is where the importance of grow bags come. The use of grow bag can stop the overwatering problem because water will flow out of the bag through their air pockets. But this triggers another problem of underwatering, so make sure to water the grow bags regularly. Let’s see the common fertilisers used in grow bags.
Nobody recommends using chemical fertilizers or pesticides in grow bags as they might damage the terrace. Always use organic as well as natural fertilizers in grow bags. Along with the planting mixture, when one adds during the planting of a seed or stem in the grow bag, it is good to add dried leaves. When time passes, leaves will decay and become an organic fertilizer for the plant. It is better not to use any fertilizer in the first week after planting.
Organic fertilisers to use in grow bags
- One can add cow-dried manure as well as goat-dried manure, according to the plant he has planted.
- Neem’s cake and bone meal are other commonly used organic fertilizers as well as natural pesticides in the grow bags. Make sure to use these fertilizers every 2-3 weeks. The same grow bag can be used for 2-3 seasons if the soil is enriched with organic fertilizers and composts.
- Coir Pith Organic Manure, or C-POM, can also be used as fertilizer, especially for plants such as spinach. This helps to retain moisture in the soil.
- Fish amino acid is an organic fertilizer that can be used in a grow bag. It is possible to make FAA using sardines in our home.
- Groundnut cake is another organic fertilizer that consists of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potash for the plant. It is better to dig and keep the groundnut cake under the soil, or ants might eat it as the base of the fertilizer is groundnut. At a time, 25–50 grams of groundnut cake can deposit into the soil. The neem cake mixture can be added along with the groundnut cake powder. Keep the groundnut and neem cake in water separately for three days, and the liquid can be used after diluting.