Going guerrilla, planting auto's mostly. Using a 8" gas powered auger to dig holes that will hold approximately 5 gallons of soil/mix. Want to use primarily native soil, live in Midwest and soil is good but fairly alkaline due to sedimentary composition.
I have available:
Alfalfa Meal or Pellets
Typical NPK analysis 2-1-2
Release time 1-4 months
Soybean Meal
Typical NPK analysis 7-2-1
Release time 1-4 months
Rabbit Manure
N- 2.4 P- 1.4 K- .60
Bone Meal
Typical NPK analysis 3-15-0
Release time 1–4 months
Blood Meal
Typical NPK analysis 12-0-0
Release time 1–4 months
Dia Earth
Garden-tone®
3-4-4
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
The Espoma Company • 6 Espoma Road, Millville, NJ 08332
Total Nitrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0%
0.2%. . . . Ammoniacal Nitrogen
0.6%. . . . Water Soluble Nitrogen
2.2%. . . . Water Insoluble Nitrogen
Available Phosphate (P2O5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0%
Soluble Potash (K2O). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0%
Calcium (Ca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0%
Magnesium (Mg). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0%
0.7%. . . . Water Soluble Magnesium
Sulfur (S). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0%
Derived from: Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Pasteurized Poultry
Manure, Bone Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Greensand, Humates,
Sulfate of Potash, and Sulfate of Potash Magnesia.
*Contains 2.2% Slow Release Nitrogen.
ALSO CONTAINS NON PLANT FOOD INGREDIENTS:
Contains 624 colony forming units (CFU’s) per gram of the
following species:
Bacillus licheniformis . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 CFU’s per gram
Bacillus megaterium. . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 CFU’s per gram
Bacillus pumilus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 CFU’s per gram
Free City Compost (made mostly from lawn/leaf clippings collected by city)
Nutrients unknown....
What I would like to do is mix these ingredients together outside a week or two before holes are dug, maybe adding some water to give it a moist composition and allow microbial activity to start. I have a vegetable garden that is mostly organic, I was thinking about adding a bit of garden soil to the mix to introduce micro-organisims and such. I could turn it daily or every other day. So I would appreciate someone with experience with organics to recommend a part/part recipe using these ingredients. Then when holes are dug I would like to be able to just measure X amount and add it to each hole.
I dont know what would be appropriate for 5 gallon holes, but I was thinking 2 cups might be enough to last from planting to harvest?
Im considering adding peat to the holes also, probably 1-2 gallon / hole plus nutrient mixture.
I also have water crystals and was considering adding some but I would like to be able to reuse these holes and not sure how bad the crystals are for the soil as they break down, after a few years.
Thanks for all your help and advice, Go Green in 2015!!!
I have available:
Alfalfa Meal or Pellets
Typical NPK analysis 2-1-2
Release time 1-4 months
Soybean Meal
Typical NPK analysis 7-2-1
Release time 1-4 months
Rabbit Manure
N- 2.4 P- 1.4 K- .60
Bone Meal
Typical NPK analysis 3-15-0
Release time 1–4 months
Blood Meal
Typical NPK analysis 12-0-0
Release time 1–4 months
Dia Earth
Garden-tone®
3-4-4
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
The Espoma Company • 6 Espoma Road, Millville, NJ 08332
Total Nitrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0%
0.2%. . . . Ammoniacal Nitrogen
0.6%. . . . Water Soluble Nitrogen
2.2%. . . . Water Insoluble Nitrogen
Available Phosphate (P2O5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0%
Soluble Potash (K2O). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0%
Calcium (Ca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0%
Magnesium (Mg). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0%
0.7%. . . . Water Soluble Magnesium
Sulfur (S). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0%
Derived from: Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Pasteurized Poultry
Manure, Bone Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Greensand, Humates,
Sulfate of Potash, and Sulfate of Potash Magnesia.
*Contains 2.2% Slow Release Nitrogen.
ALSO CONTAINS NON PLANT FOOD INGREDIENTS:
Contains 624 colony forming units (CFU’s) per gram of the
following species:
Bacillus licheniformis . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 CFU’s per gram
Bacillus megaterium. . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 CFU’s per gram
Bacillus pumilus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 CFU’s per gram
Free City Compost (made mostly from lawn/leaf clippings collected by city)
Nutrients unknown....
What I would like to do is mix these ingredients together outside a week or two before holes are dug, maybe adding some water to give it a moist composition and allow microbial activity to start. I have a vegetable garden that is mostly organic, I was thinking about adding a bit of garden soil to the mix to introduce micro-organisims and such. I could turn it daily or every other day. So I would appreciate someone with experience with organics to recommend a part/part recipe using these ingredients. Then when holes are dug I would like to be able to just measure X amount and add it to each hole.
I dont know what would be appropriate for 5 gallon holes, but I was thinking 2 cups might be enough to last from planting to harvest?
Im considering adding peat to the holes also, probably 1-2 gallon / hole plus nutrient mixture.
I also have water crystals and was considering adding some but I would like to be able to reuse these holes and not sure how bad the crystals are for the soil as they break down, after a few years.
Thanks for all your help and advice, Go Green in 2015!!!