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From: johnr@tekig.UUCP (John Rettig)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: fertilizer
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 03:18:50 EDT
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The easiest available organic fertilizers (and prices)
I know of are:

   Nitrogen sources: Fish meal ($35/100 lb.)
		     Cottonseed meal (?)

   Phosphorous sources: Bone meal ($10/25 lb.)
			Rock phosphate (?)

   Potassium sources:  Kelp meal (?)
                       Wood ashes (free)

   pH adjustment:  Dolamite lime ($2/40 lb.)

The first ingredient listed in each catagory is the one I
use.  The prices listed may be out of date slightly.

The Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades has typically
highly acidic soil, and the lime helps to neutralize pH.
It may not be necessary in Colorado or elsewhere.  The 
general proportions I use to mix my ingredients are:

		  4 parts fish meal
		  1 part bone meal
                 1/2 part kelp meal
		 1/2 part lime

This is not intended for broadcast but rather for spot application
under transplants, under seed rows, etc.  Most organic gardening
reference books give much more information than I can produce here.

One geneal word of warning: Organic fertilizer will cost 5-10 times
as much as other types.