Organic Fertilizer Chart
|
TYPE |
RATE per 1000 sq. ft. |
DURATION |
USE |
MAIN NUTRIENT |
|
Alfalfa pellets |
10-20 lbs |
3-6mos. |
roses, lawns, veggies flowers shrubs |
Nitrogen
and micro-nutrients |
|
Alfalfa pellet & Epsom salts "tea" |
*see recipe below |
weekly |
quick acting liquid fertilizer |
Nitrogen, magnesium and micro nutrients |
|
Composted animal manure |
300 - 500 lbs |
2 - 3 years |
soil builder lawn
dressing Mulch |
Nitrogen and Phosphorous |
|
Compost |
up to 300 lbs. |
2 - 3 years |
organic matter fertilizer |
Humus and many nutrients according to
its composition. |
|
Bloodmeal |
10 -20 lbs. |
1 - 4 months |
Lawns and groundcovers veggies |
Nitrogen and protein |
|
Bonemeal |
20 -50 lbs. |
2 - 5 years |
Veggies
Fruits Bulbs |
Phosphorous and Nitrogen |
|
Rock Phosphate |
20 - 50 lbs. |
2 - 5 years |
Phosphate for fruit and veggies |
Phosphorous |
|
Greensand |
20 - 50 lbs. |
2 - 5 years |
Soil builder with trace elements |
Potassium |
|
Dolomite Lime |
20 - 50 lbs. |
2 - 5 years |
Sweetens and conditions soil |
Secondary nutrients pH balance |
|
Fish Emulsion |
1 - 2 tbsp. / gallon water |
Every 2 week |
Seedlings
Transplants Houseplants |
Nitrogen and Phosphorous |
|
Liquid seaweed |
1 tbsp./gal. water |
Every 2 months |
Good foliar feed Lawns &
seedlings |
trace nutrients |
|
Dried seaweed |
1/4 - 1/2 cup/ gal. water |
Every 2 months |
Good foliar feed
Lawns & seedlings |
trace nutrients |
*Alfalfa - Epsom Salts Tea:
Add to a 20 gal. garbage can filled with water: 16 cups of
Alfalfa pellets and 2 cups of Epsom salts. Stir well and let brew for one
week. Stir and pour by the cupful on roses, shrubs, veggies and flowers of
all kinds. Add sludge from bottom to next brew or to compost pile or just
add more water and use slurry on plants.
Use Weekly through growing season.
Grow Your Own Fertilizers:
An excellent method for
improving the soil for vegetable gardens and large areas that are to be
planted...
"Green manure" is a cover crop that
is turned into the soil and allowed to decompose. Green manures have long
been used by wise farmers to improve their soil. Now home gardeners are
discovering the advantages to even very small areas. They reduce weeds
and hold nutrients in the soil over winter that might be
leached away by rains. Their root systems bring nutrients up where they
can be used by crops and when they are turned into the soil they
enhance biological activity, increase the organic content,
add humus and improve the tilth and structure of the soil. And
last but certainly not least, some provide spectacular bloom.
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Nitrogen - Legumes ( lupine,
clovers, alfalfa, peas, beans, vetch) Till these under before they
bloom for the best supply of nitrogen.
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Phosphorus -
Alfalfa, mustard, buckwheat.
-
Potassium -
Vetches
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Beneficial Insect Food -
Buckwheat, alfalfa, white clover, white mustard.
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Winter Clover - fava beans, winter
rye, scotch kale.
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Soil Loosener for Heavy Soils -
Mustard, buckwheat, alfalfa. (These three are good for all sorts
of things!)
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Spectacular Bloom - Crimson
clover, birdsfoot trefoil, lupine, mustard and sunflower.
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