Leaf mold is great for your indoor garden as it will give your plants great slow release fertilizer that will not be as easily evaporated by grow lights.
The next organic compound that can be added to your soil t improve your crop production is leaf mold. This compound is just as effective as regular compost; the only difference is that it is solely composed of decomposing leaves.
BENEFITS OF ADDING LEAF MOLD TO YOUR SOIL:
- Adds volume, improves soil texture, aerates- adding leaf mold to your soil will give it volume and allow oxygen, nutrients and water to move through the soil.
- Improves the drainage of the soil, while at the same time soaking up water slowly to feed your plants at a more consistent rate.
- Adds nutrients to soil,
THINGS THAT YOU NEED:
- Leaf rake
- Large piece of wire fencing, or chicken wire,
- 3 foot wood steak
- Hammer
- Leaves
- Lawn mower or mulcher
GETTING THE PILE TOGETHER- the first thing that you are going to need to do is gather up piles of your leaves into piles near where you want to keep your leaf bin. Once you have gathered up many small piles set your lawn mower on the highest setting and go over each pile lowering the settings on the mower by one each time until the mower is on its lowest setting.
SETTING UP THE REST- all that you really have to do after this is to drive the wood stake into the ground and stand the wire up so that it creates a cylinder. Do not close the cylinder yet, as you have to put all of the ground up leaves in the cylinder. Once you have them in close the cylinder and that’s it. All that you have to do after this is wait until spring time and you have leaf mold.
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