Low-Tech Slow Release Fertilizer

Here’s a good way to get big, beautiful organic vegetables without too much fuss: punch some holes in the bottom of a plastic milk carton and bury it about halfway next to your vegetable plants. Then fill it with diluted organic liquid fertilizer; compost tea works well, if you can get it. The fertilizer will gradually filter through the holes and into the ground, bathing the root systems of your plants. When the fertilizer runs out, it’s easy enough to fill up the milk carton again. While the plastic will eventually begin to degrade due to exposure to the elements, it ought to last long enough to support your plant through the growing season, and it’ll be easy to pull up and throw away when you’re done. This method works especially well for tomato plants.