I have always remembered my mother and grandmother's relationship with plants; my mother always took care of the plants in her apartment, my grandmother lived in a place where she could plant and have a small garden. She there she had fruit plants and also flowers. I lived observing those cares. However, between one thing and another, he had never been able to germinate, sow, care for and harvest anything! What a satisfying feeling is the harvest of those plants that you cared so much, savoring the fruit of your work, literally. I have dedicated myself to this practice for some time, we have a small garden, which grows every day. Bananas or as we say around here Cambures, passion fruit or passion fruit, sweet and hot chili peppers, achote or onoto, beans, paprika, squash or squash, papaya, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, avocado or avocado; are some of the plants that we have planted in our garden and that every day we enjoy their growth and production. I invite readers who are encouraged to make their small garden, it is not necessary a large plot of land and if they live in a suitable container, some products can be produced very well ... one of the challenges we have faced to make the plants productive and maintain is the struggle with pests !! I met some so annoying that they can kill the leaves of your orange in a few days, and some red spider mites that love to eat the sage of chili peppers and peppers. Investigating how I could attack them so that they would leave my plants alone, I got some very easy and effective remedies; the ones that I am going to share with you at once. Spiders and lobsters "eat leaves" make them angry and they do not like the taste of garlic and onion; So in a pot with 1 liter of water, a handful of the garlic and onion shells are boiled! That part that we do not eat, and when it turns yellowish, we remove it from the heat, let it cool and then with a spray bottle. We give our plants a bath, taking care to thoroughly impregnate the leaves on both sides and the stems as well. This should be done at the end of the afternoon preferably, this scares them away and lets our maticas grow in peace. By the way, to make plants grow faster, certain nutrients are necessary in the soil and I tell you that we have discovered some very effective and that it does not cost a single peso, likewise since most are things that end up in the garbage; One of them is the coffee grounds, placing it in the irrigation water is phenomenal, boil the banana and plantain shells and let them cool, then water the plants with that, it gives them a large dose of potassium and the crushed egg shells they are an excellent source of calcium for them. Also for rapid growth, Urea is necessary, which in specialized stores sell it as small pink spheres, something expensive here in my country, but we do not spend money on that and our plants are growing and producing. Guess who should urinate in a pot every day, then mix that urine with water in equal parts and water the plants! They can also reserve their urine to water the bushes, it is only a matter of comfort, of course that urine must be at room temperature and must be done once a month for each plant. I hope you are encouraged to make your garden and if you already have it, take those tips of care that I have commented here.
