Used coffee grounds dumped in the soil around berries makes ‘em sweet.
I dump coffee grounds around peach and persimmon trees, too.
To supercharge any type of produce that acts like it doesn’t want to bear, put 1tblsp. Epsom salt per 2 gal water. Sprinkle just an ounce or so of this Epsom water verrrry lightly, a few inches away from the plant, then water in thoroughly. A tiny amount causes miraculous results.
Do this only once. Better to under-do than overdo. Too much can burn the roots.
Or, if you use commercial fertilizers, look at the 3 numbers. N-P-K stands for nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium. Get a fertilizer with the biggest number in the middle, IOW with a higher ratio of phosphorous. This will give you LOTS more flowers, and a bumper crop of produce.
I’ve mostly stopped buying commercial fertilizers. Composting religiously, mulching with grass clippings, and using the Epsom salts trick gives us more than we can eat.
We take garbage bags when we go to the beach, in order to collect the dried seaweed that is everywhere. This goes in our compost pile.
All good reminders of everyday products that can be useful in gardens. I compost every thing I can. I have one of those tall garbage can looking composters.
It has a door that slides up to let a person get the compost from the bottom. I also have an experimental compost using a drain tile (similar to clay pots. I threw some sticks in the bottom, put a bunch of bones in it. covered with some leaves, and a shovel of dirt. stacked some bricks on top.
So far the dogs and critters haven’t been able to get into it, and don’t even seem inclined to try. So I might have something when finished which could be used instead of bone meal? Just seems a shame to waste the bones, so I thought I’d try it.
I usually give the plants a handful of slow release with the large middle value (Phosphorus)for blooms and fruit/veggies, but prefer to just use my compost.
We have several mulch piles made up of leaves, chipped wood, and grass clippings - these are circular piles encircled by chicken wire. Whenever Hubby mows, I rake the grass next to my raised beds and throw the cut grass on the beds between the plants.
I’m hoping to plant some winter rye, and use that as mulch in one of the wire circles next year. I have grown winter wheat, with success. I keep experimenting so I know what will work and can eat healthier and cheaper.