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How to Make Homemade Fern Food
How to Make Homemade Fern Food. If you have fern plants and other plants in your home and want to save a little money, you can make your own fern/plant food. You only need a few minutes and a couple of household items.
If you have fern plants and other plants in your home and want to save a little money, you can make your own fern/plant food. You only need a few minutes and a couple of household items.
Things You'll Need
Distilled water or rainwater
Bucket
Potassium nitrate
Ammonia
Epsom salt
Baking powder
Stirrer or spatula
Watering can
Pour one gallon of rainwater or distilled water into a bucket. Do not use tap water; it may contain harmful minerals and chlorine. The water should be room temperature.
Place 1 teaspoon of potassium nitrate, 1/3 teaspoon of ammonia, 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt and 1 teaspoon of baking powder into the gallon of water. Mix well. You now have homemade fern food that also works with other houseplants.
Pour the fern food into a watering can and sprinkle on your fern's soil until it is damp but not soaked. Feed your fern the mixture about every four to six weeks.
