HOW TO MAKE NATURAL LIQUID FERTILIZER

By Gideon Zaake

Let me introduce to you this product called "WONA STARTER MICROBES"

It is a whole diversity of indigenous microorganisms cultured from the leaf molds from our forests, hills, and mountains around Uganda 

This starter is used in 2 ways;

> In the process of propagating and multiplying indigenous microorganisms to restore diversity and population of soil microorganisms to balance soil nutrients, and reduce dominance of disease-causing pathogens and nematodes in the soil.

> In the process of making natural liquid fertilizer from grass, crop residues, and other available organic materials.

Today let's look at how to make natural liquid fertilizer from grass, crop residues (leaves,fruits and

branches) and other organic materials with WONA STARTER MICROBES.

Using grass (cover crop) in your field is the best base fertilizer, and use crop residues and grass liquid fertilizer as additional fertilizer. In your materials, you can add in Tithonia and waste from grass eating animals. This is an easy way to achieve the optimum balance of nutrients for your crops and minimize diseases in your field. 

There is complicated theory about pH which says that too strong an acid is bad for the crops so you need to adjust it in advance. You need to measure the amount of lime to adjust the pH; this is another cumbersome work. My farmers relax here, pH is not a big problem because we do not use sugar or molasses. Our methods produce inputs which are mostly around pH 7. Using water and WONA Starter Microbes solves this issue. Another confusing theory is that not -fully- fermented liquid fertilizer will do harm to crops. Farmers are not sure at which stage it is "fully fermented." WONA has a straight forward answer: you can use your liquid fertilizer at any stage. You need only to dilute it above x30. Also put it in mind that the longer it ages the better. More aged liquid fertilizer will be more easily absorbed. Standard is x100 dilution. Try x100 dilution first and see how it is; if too strong add less liquid fertilizer, if too weak add more.

How to make liquid fertilizer?

It takes few steps: 

Fill the container halfway with the ingredients; fill up with water; add a handful of WONA Starter Microbes; and close the lid - finished. You don't even need to stir (unless the ingredients sink to the bottom). After around 10 days, open the lid and check the liquid; if decomposition has progressed and it is quite dark, it is ready to use. Remember, the older the liquid fertilizer, the better. 

After you have used all the liquid, do not take out the solids. Just add crop residues and grass on top of the solids, fill up with water again, add WONA Starter Microbes and close the lid.

Put your liquid fertilizer containers in the same environment as the crops. That is how you propagate microbes adapted to that local environment. Put on lid securely so that evaporation is minimized. Larger containers can be used for larger farms. This simple method produces enough fertilizer for huge fields. Prepare many containers for liquid fertilizer and use them in sequence. Nutritional balance in the soil becomes optimized for the crops as you use this liquid fertilizer. 

You can use crop residues, fruits, and grass together in one liquid fertilizer or separately. If you have a Nitrogen-rich ingredient (e.g. food waste, fish), it is better to make it separately. If the ingredient floats on top (as in grass, fruits, food waste), you do not need to stir it, but if it sinks down (as in powders), then stir occasionally. 

When making liquid fertilizer out of dry powdery ingredients, add 10 times the weight in water, and put a handful of Wona starter microbes. You can add sea salt minerals to your batch up to 0.1% ( 100 grams in 100 L container) except for human feces, urine, and food waste. 

For the foliar application of liquid fertilizer, it is important that it be well- filtered and mixed with WONA Wetting Agent to coat well and not to leave marks on the plant.

Requirements;

•WONA Starter Microbes 

•Seas Salt Minerals 

•A heavy duty drum with tight lid

•Ingredients (grass, crop residues, waste from grass eating animals, and etc)

A handful of microbial starter is enough for 200L container. 

Gideon Zake

Wells Of Nature (WONA)

Supporting Natural Wellness 

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