It is not only chemicals that help gardeners protect their crops from diseases and pests.
Garlic and onion peels will be beneficial.
Some summer residents throw it in when sowing potatoes in the spring and benefit from this “garbage”.
Potatoes often suffer from dry rot, scab, wireworm, alternaria, and so on.
What is the use of husks? This waste contains a natural substance called quercetin.
The benefits also come from phytoncides, which have a pronounced antibacterial effect.
The husks can be collected from summer until the potato planting in spring.
First it is dried and then sent for storage in bags.
First, a handful of husks is thrown into the hole, and a tuber is placed on top.
As a bonus, the husk will not only protect the potatoes, but also saturate the soil with valuable macro- and microelements.
The result is real organic fertilizer, not garbage.
