Do you need worms?

Apologies is this sounds a bit obsurd but I'm new to this.

I'd like to grow flowers and eat some of their petals, but I read I have to use organic rather than chemical fertilizers. I'd like to make them some fertilizer/ compost, but I don't have anywhere to put a compost bin outside and I can't really put a wormy compost bin inside.

1) Is there anything organic (preferably homemade but possibly bought) that I can relatively quickly mix up and put in the pot that I can use as plant food suitable for indoor, edible plants?

2) Or maybe anything small and non-animal that i can grow in the soil/ start it growing then mix it into the soil with the other plants to give it the nutrients it needs?

3) Or maybe any way of hygeinically making a compost-like substance inside without the use of animals? I know worms help break it down but is there another way?

P.S if it's anything really smelly that won't be so good, since my plants are indoor plants.

 

You can buy a bottle of MiracleGro Organic. Just dilute with water and feed your plants. Simple and effective.

 

Hope your edible flower petals are tasty. I've seen them on TV cooking programmes!

 

if i'm broke, i use a bit of milk diluted in water for houseplants, and that's always worked ok...

 

you could get some stinging nettles (or comfrey which grows wild) and soak them in water - this produces a good plant feed - would need to do a bit of research first on how long to soak and the dilution etc

loopy

 

The posting said "P.S if it's anything really smelly that won't be so good, since my plants are indoor plants."

I wouldn't recommend stinging nettle or comfrey, pig muck might be more acceptable than those.

 

Oh dear! Good job you told me, I didn't realise that would be smelly :hehe: