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**Title:** Homemade Fertilizer for Chives (and other plants)
**Key Ingredients:**
1. **Eggshells**: Provide calcium for strong plant growth
2. **Used Coffee Grounds**: Offer nitrogen, micronutrients, and help reduce soil acidity
**Preparation:**
1. Crush eggshells
2. Mix coffee grounds with water (5-6 spoons in a bottle) and a tablespoon of soil from the plant's pot
3. Pierce the bottle lid, let it sit (allowing microorganisms to break down the coffee)
**Application:**
1. Add crushed eggshells around the base of the plant (e.g., chives, tomatoes)
2. Water with the coffee grounds mixture (or spray after straining, for pest prevention)
**Benefits:**
* Promotes healthy plant growth
* Prevents black aphids
* Suitable for various plants, including chives and tomatoes
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, keeping each fact as a short sentence and numbering them for reference:
1. **Fertilizer Ingredients**: The special fertilizer for chives consists of two main ingredients: eggshells and used coffee grounds.
2. **Eggshell Nutrient**: Eggshells provide a high amount of calcium for plants.
3.. **Preparing Eggshells**: Eggshells are washed, dried, and then crushed or blended into a powder for use.
4. **Coffee Grounds Usage**: Used coffee grounds are not applied directly to plants in their pure form.
5.. **Coffee Grounds Preparation**: Coffee grounds are mixed with water, and a small amount of soil from the plant's pot is added to the mixture.
6. **Role of Soil in Mixture**: The added soil introduces beneficial microorganisms to the coffee grounds mixture.
7. **Benefit of Microorganisms**: These microorganisms help in faster decomposition of the coffee grounds, improving soil quality.
8. **Coffee Grounds Nutrients**: Coffee grounds provide nitrogen and small quantities of micronutrients like iron.
9. **Effect on Soil Acidity**: Adding coffee grounds to the soil reduces its acidity.
10. **Application Method**: The fertilizer can be applied by digging a small hole, filling it with the eggshell powder, and then covering it, or by sprinkling it on top and watering.
11. **Suitable Plants**: This fertilizer is not only suitable for chives but also for other plants, such as tomatoes.
12. **Prevents Black Aphids**: The fertilizer helps prevent black aphids when applied to the soil or sprayed on plants after straining.
13. **Spray Application**: For spray application, the mixture must be strained twice to avoid clogging the spray bottle.