liquid fertilizer

[cpp gardener]

Fish emulsion. Ground up fish, whole or part, fermented and strained, bottled and available at nurseries nationwide I think. Most have been treated (how I don’t know) to reduce the intense smell. All the nurseries I worked at for 22 years stocked it. I just checked and it’s available from Home Depot and Walmart. If there is a more ubiquitous retail out let than them I’d be REAL surprised.

 

[nvidura]

Hi Nick! Fish emulsion is an excellent choice in your case.
This liquid will provide your plants with almost all essential nutrients without increasing soil volume.
I’ve used fish emulsion in my garden before, and it worked wonders for my veggies!
Good Luck!

 

[Garden nut]

Looks like good stuff. Too bad it is only on the west coast. You might also try Medina HastaGro for a liquid fertilizer. It isn't totally organic as it has synthetic urea, but everything else in it is organic. It is a 6-12-6

Really? I think you can get it on the east coast. My sister in Jersey got it after i told her about it.
I am trying to stick to all organic these days. I want to really dive into it this coming spring.

 

[Chuck]

Really? I think you can get it on the east coast. My sister in Jersey got it after i told her about it.
I am trying to stick to all organic these days. I want to really dive into it this coming spring.

Well, unless I am going blind their website map shows only the west coast. But who can believe what's on the internet anyway?

 

[redback]

The problem is that I can't add any volume to the soil unless I remove some

All garden beds keep on rising as you add top dressings and mulches. Normally people dig some of the soil out and put it in pots, on top of compost or they build up the sides to form a raised bed.
You have to sort out the height problem because over time it will get worse, and water will run off onto the paths.

 

[oneeye]

All garden beds keep on rising as you add top dressings and mulches. Normally people dig some of the soil out and put it in pots, on top of compost or they build up the sides to form a raised bed.
You have to sort out the height problem because over time it will get worse, and water will run off onto the paths.

I wish someone would have told me that 25 years ago. After bringing in tons of shredded leaf litter every year from doing jobs, I didn't notice the accumulation. I added Nitrogen to the leaf litter to break it down faster and it disappeared by the next year. I did that for about 25 years.

Today water goes where it's not supposed to go and I have to do a lot of work to keep the house from flooding. I have to reroute the water which is a lot of work. The good thing about it is where all the recycling was done it's a beautiful area with lush growth from all the accumulation of carbon. If I had it to do all over again I would have recycled somewhere else.

 

[redback]

The best remedy for heavy clay soil is to plant a green manure crop and fork it in before the crop matures. After removing 4" (100mm) of the clay rake it and hoe 1" deep trenches at about 4-8" apart and spread all your outdated (supposedly) seed into the trenches. Add deep rooted radish, mustard, tough weeds like amaranth, marigolds, lucerne, clover and whatever else (not bad weeds) you can obtain cheaply. 2-3 weeks later it should be a solid mass of green shoots. When it grows to 4-6" height fork it in. Let it rot for 2 weeks.
Hoe trenches at right angles to the first trenches, add compost in the trenches and plant your first crops. Use a seed raising mixture to bury these seeds and keep damp.