Compost and Mulch

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  For Sick Plants

  • 20 lbs compost *

  • 1 cup Rock Dust *

  • 1 cup Alfalfa meal *

  • 1 cup Seaweed powder *

• Mix into a good rich alive compost the cup rock dust, alfalfa meal and seaweed powder. Mix is well and apply to sick plants as a top dressing. Apply 1 inch layered. Water in well. You can use any type of rock dust as your mineral source.

• See also  below links for more sources of organic fertilizers.

• Rock Dust Dept  Avoid high nitrogen chemical fertilizers. Spray with a liquid seaweed concentrate such as Superseaweed or spray Nitron A-35 or AgrGro's Premier Plant Food . Apply it as often as needed.

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Don't Want to Make Your Own Compost?

• Look around your city. Many cities are making compost these days. Ask them what it made from. Avoid ones with sewer sludge unless it is clean of heavy metals, etc.. See if you can spot any places that sell compost. Ask other gardeners for a source. Go out into the country side and look around there. Always ask them what they are doing with it and how they are making it. Ask them if they are ex-posing it to any chemicals etc. Never assume that anything is as they say it is. Ask about how they make it and what goes into it, how long have they been making it and so on. These are important questions which you should be asking. Now a days there are more and more people making and selling compost so it should not be hard to find. Many Companies  sell Compost thru the mail.
  

   The Invisible Gardener Says:

"Avoid Buying Compost made with sewer sludge since it may contain heavy metals which can pollute ourselves and our environment."

• Sewer sludge can be processed correctly with the end result of good clean safe compost2. However studies around the world have shown that this is not the case for most of the worlds sewer treatment plants. Especially in the USA. This is one area that we must look into very closely if we are to solve this problem. Thru the use of bacteria, we can make sewer sludge a safe organic alternative to fertilizers. The laws are changing rapidly every year.

• We must keep close watch over this or it will be a problem that will not be easily resolved. Do not believe it when they (the manufacturer) say the levels of toxins are below EPA standards. Insist that they lower the standards to zero levels. Remember every little bit of toxin adds up to a lot! Check with the source before you buy it!

• Here are some suggestions of possible sources of composting materials or compost all ready made:

  • Talk with your local restaurant stores especially the natural food ones as their vegetables, etc. are organic. Use in your compost.

  • Locate seafood locations where they either cook them, as in a restaurant, or where they catch them as in a dock. These can be dried for your compost use.

  • I also suggest that you collect clam shells etc. as these when dried and crushed make an excellent addition to a compost pile.

  • Look for any sources of coffee such as either coffee hulls and or coffee grinds, similarly, locate sources of tea, either tea bags or leaf.

  • Lumber yards may also be a good source of material provided that you only use untreated wood products.

  • Locate chicken farms, ask for their feathers, and/or egg shells as well as any droppings. Ask them what they are spraying if any thing.

  • Locate horse or cattle farms ask if they spray their animals or the manure.

  • Look for an organic mushroom farm. Make sure they are organic (use steam instead of chemicals).

  • Look for old alfalfa bales.

  • Grass clippings make an excellent source of nitrogen for your compost pile, just make sure its organic (unsprayed). For more information on compost see compost chapter.

   

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1....Chemical fertilizers, especially those with a high nitrogen base such as Urea, do considerable damage to the soil eventually killing off all beneficial bacteria which then leads to you guessed it, sick plants!

2...Using bacteria, toxins can be removed from the soil. This is the future of composting plants and sewer plants. Until then ask questions concerning your local sewer sludge and what it is being used for. Sewer sludge and compost don't go well together. Unless the sewer sludge is processed using bacteria, it will contain heavy metals and other toxins that will end up in your environment; that will end up in your food; that will end up inside of you!

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Don't want to make all this? Here are a few organic fertilizers I suggest for this use:

Try my Supseaweed Bloom for Roses....

Please note. the label is being changed to no longer say 13-13-13 but only Bloom.

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1...The formula here is just a guide line for you to follow. Use what you can get a hold of first. Don't stress yourself out looking for something on the list. If you can't find it don't worry! Use instead something like it, if possible, or ask your local nursery or call up my web site for free!

        2... compost is very important

yours

Andy Lopez
The Invisible Gardener

This page was last update on: Feb 06, 2013

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