organic planting tips

How can I make my own organic fertilizer for my veggie garden?

I just planted some jalapeno peppers and some tomato plants 2 days ago and I want to add some good rich organic fertilizer to them. I looked some stuff up on the internet and mostly found stuff with chemicals in it. I want completely Organic and safe! No chemicals please! Any tips for some luscious peppers and tomatoes. This is my first attempt at growing stuff and I want to do a good job. Any suggestions?

Getting rich soil organically takes years, you cannot get great soil in one season.

Start a compost heap ASAP. it takes about 9 to 12 months to make good compost (many people say you can do this in 3 to 6 months and this is true if you know what you are doing-there is a lot of skill to making excellent compost)

This fall after the peppers and tomatoes come in grow a cover crop for green manure that will be cut and turned in to the soil next spring. green manures do an incredible amount of good for the soil.

Get a soil test to see what your soil is lacking.

Both peppers and tomatoes like rather low nitrogen and higher potassium and magnesium. Tomatoes love a couple of table spoons of epsom salts per planting hole.

Both appreciate a twice a month foliar feed with kelp or fish emulsion

A great gardening forum with lots of organic growers is http://idigmygarden.com/forums/index.php

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