Michelle says, "Orange peels enrich the soil with essential nutrients such nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium, boosting plant root development." Among the spectrum of kitchen wastes suited for your compost pile, she singles out orange peels as especially useful.
Michelle advises: "Drying the orange peels can help you to use them in your compost. Either extremely finely chopped or ground the orange peels.
Before watering, either straight around the base of your plants or add this stuff to your compost heap. Orange peels take some time to break down, hence chopping them up accelerates the process.
Additionally a bug deterrent is the strong scent. Particularly in metropolitan areas, compost bins may appeal to rats, foxes, and other animals. One can keep them away with scents like citrus or perhaps lavender.
Michelle also pointed out that orange peels have ant repelling power. Michelle says: "Like with the compost suggestion, the ideal technique for using orange peels in this way is to first properly dry the peels.
But following an April shower, you will have to go through these again: "Because it's a loose powder, you may have to repeat this process several times as the material decomposes or blows away." she explained.
Apart from citrus peels, several strong scents like vinegar and peppermint oil might discourage ants. Best of all, these are natural components, thus avoid the possibly harmful additives like those in ant powder.
Michelle advises using "orange peels are full of nitrogen and potassium, which can help give young plants a nutrient boost" for the regular seedling pots in an environmentally friendly alternative.
Michelle counsels gardeners to "Cut the fruit in half and remove the flesh and seeds". Load the halves with dirt and plant your seeds. Move the seedlings into bigger containers once they have one or two sets of real leaves.
Michelle advises using a homemade spray from orange peels to fight those unwelcome pests invading gardens. Apart from damaging plants, the small creatures can make them seem pretty depressed.
Though mild winters and springtime conditions can sometimes lead to aphid outbreaks, this spray will assist eradicate them. Just put fresh orange peel into a spray bottle mixed with some hot water and a little dish soap. Shive it well and spray it all around the base of the stems and foliage.