Thought I'd share this quick reference for organic fertilizers, Did I miss anything?
Organic Fertilizer Table - Goods, Bads, Uglies
Organic Fertilizer Table - Goods, Bads, Uglies
Gardening Reference - Organic Fertilizers
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big rockpile
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I'm using Rainbow Pro Mix and haven't had any problem in my soil mix and some in the garden.
In the garden I depend on cover Crop, Compost and some Wood Ash.
It won't be immediate like synthetic Fertilizer. Try to remember you are not feeding the plants you are feeding Microbs in the soil. Synthetic Fertilizer and Insecticide will kill Microbs and good Insects.
big rockpile
In the garden I depend on cover Crop, Compost and some Wood Ash.
It won't be immediate like synthetic Fertilizer. Try to remember you are not feeding the plants you are feeding Microbs in the soil. Synthetic Fertilizer and Insecticide will kill Microbs and good Insects.
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Wood ash is quite important to me with a wood burning stove, fair bit of phosphorus, mostly it gets mixed into compost.
Compost varies, depending what goes in to it, it can be quite low in nutrients.
Seaweed extract is low in N, but contains nutrients which are important in small quantities (Boron?) and calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, and sulphur.
If I can get them I mix horse manure and poultry droppings into my compost, they act as an accelerant, which means it gets hot and weed seeds are killed, and poultry manure is a bit dangerous straight.
I run two composts, a black bin on wire mesh to stop rodents getting in for kitchen waste, and an ordinary, open compost heap for general garden waste.
I bag leaves in Autumn for leaf mould.
Compost varies, depending what goes in to it, it can be quite low in nutrients.
Seaweed extract is low in N, but contains nutrients which are important in small quantities (Boron?) and calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, and sulphur.
If I can get them I mix horse manure and poultry droppings into my compost, they act as an accelerant, which means it gets hot and weed seeds are killed, and poultry manure is a bit dangerous straight.
I run two composts, a black bin on wire mesh to stop rodents getting in for kitchen waste, and an ordinary, open compost heap for general garden waste.
I bag leaves in Autumn for leaf mould.