The Fruity Fertilizer That Can Help Boost Soil Moving Into The Fall & Winter

Composting takes time and work if you want to add it to your garden as soil enrichment. While it can be a great way to boost and enrich the soil in your garden naturally, it can take months for the green and brown materials to come together in a perfect blend of gardening magic. As we head into the fall and winter, you might be looking for a quicker alternative to compost when it comes to improving your soil. It turns out that an apple core in your garden can be a great way to enrich your soil quickly. And in the fall, it feels like we consume more apples, which makes this a great time to give this trick a try.

While you will want to keep a little bit of distance between the roots of your plants and the buried apple cores to prevent attracting any pests, this fruit breaks down in a way that adds beneficial nutrients to the soil. By doing this, you're actually engaging in a form of trench composting.

Trench composting is an easy method of adding organic materials directly to the soil and leaving them to break down naturally. There are multiple ways to do this form of composting, but in this case, you're digging up to a foot down into the dirt and adding your core pieces before covering them to allow them to break down.

Apple cores break down rather fast in a compost pile. This can be a good thing when you're skipping the compost and heading straight to the soil. As the apple core breaks down, it releases essential nutrients such as calcium, potassium, and fiber, which will help feed the microbes in your garden soil. These nutrients work together to boost your soil by improving water retention and making it more fertile. Not only that, but the nutrients added by the apple core will help make the roots of your plants stronger.

One of the reasons the calcium in apple cores is great for your garden soil is it can help balance pH levels. It can also help to improve the structure of the soil, allowing for better hydration, especially in the winter, when conditions are harsher.

The importance of potassium in the soil stems from how it can impact the roots of your flowers and other plants in the garden. The stronger the roots, the better the plant is able to handle harsh conditions. At the same time, a stronger root is able to resist potential disease, which means your garden will still be going strong even after the winter is over. With these nutrients, it's clear that apple cores buried in the soil help to strengthen your garden heading into the colder months of the year.