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Joe1980 WI 4 (
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Wed, Mar 14, 12 at 21:06
| Anyone ever use this stuff? It is supposedly an organic slow release type fertilizer, already composted, so non-burning. Just wondering if it'd be something good to turn into my vegetable garden before I get rolling. Thanks!
Joe |
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Yes, it's good and it works. Costs a lot more than home-made compost, though.
Much better (not strong odor) than fresher chicken manure. Carol |
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| I just started composting last year, and my pile never heated up before winter, so I have no home-made compost until next year. I stopped and grabbed a 25lb bag of doo doo on the way home today, and just finished working it into my garden. I'll tell ya though, it has some kinda stink! If it's not strong compared to fresh chicken poop, I can't even imagine what the fresh stuff smells like. But, after turning it in, the smell got better. Thanks Carol for the reply. Joe |
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| You have to be careful because of the high nitrogen content. You will end up with beautiful plants and no fruit to show for it. |
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| I have used the product for several years and I love it! I typically keep a plastic barrel in my garden and will quite often grab a few cups to side dress as I am hoeing and have never witnessed too much green and not enough fruit. My garden is about 6,000 sq ft and use about 240 lbs a year. |
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| 6,000 sq ft? That is a HUGE garden! That's a lot of do-do too. What do you do with such a huge garden? |
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The garden is 30 X 200. Believe it or not, I am constantly hinting to my wife we should expand! I was thinking if I just make it 5 feet wider that would add another 1000 sq ft and we would never notice the diffence. I consider it my hobby, some people golf, others fish, I like to garden. Believe it or not, hardly any food goes to waste, my wife will not allow it. It is not unusual to send the kids thru the subdivision giving the produce away. 4 years ago I planted 30 asparagus roots, my wife said I was crazy for planting that much. I told her don't worry it won't go to waste. Last year she wanted to plant more because it was fun to give away because people love it!
We do plant a lot of vining crops (muskmelon,watermelon, pumpkins, gourds, squash etc.) and that eats up a lot of space.
This year we are looking for 1 or 2 families that would visit possibly weekly to buy produce straight from the garden. Kind of like a CSA, but we would not require money up front, they only take what they want and pay each week for only what they buy. |
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| I just put about half of a one-ton tote bag on about a 1/4 acre. A farmer friend had left it out last year and it got wet so I had to break it up and spread it by shovel from a trailer. The smell was severe, almost worse than fresh chicken bedding because it's so concentrated. I will also use some that has not gotten clumped in the planting rows, mixed with humate and azomite and some other goodies. |
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| pnbrown, Don't mean to change the subject, but I can't find azomite anywhere near me. Can't afford to order it due to the shipping charge. What is humate? Thanks,
Betty |
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- Posted by glib 5.5 (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 11, 12 at 14:42
| On a similar subject, PN, you have touched on soil mineralization in the past. I have a new clay site, 0.25 acres, pH 7.7, P 7ppm, near zero organic matter. Most horrible soil I have ever seen, but it is sunny and huge. I have bought 60 cy of chips, triple P, 100 lbs of S, but for a while I may have micronutrient deficiencies (Fe, Mn, Zn, B) due to pH. As a stopgap measure I bought 2.5 gallons of foliar spray with micros, but I would like some mineral amendment for a permanent solution. Is azomite it? |
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| I can't make any claims at this point about the performance of azomite. It is hugely touted here and there on the web. Hopefully after this growing season I will have been able to parse out results between azomite and other rock dusts. Humate is ancient organic matter, highly concentrated. Also expensive in shipping small amounts. I got mine in florida from a guy who bought it from a mine in GA by the ton. There is also a mine in north florida, a source outlet is called "humate international", I have used that also. Both of those are "young" humates, another source is much older material mined in NM. |
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| Thanks for the info. I may try to get my local 'go to' Guy to try carrying Azomite. He has other amendments that I haven't found anywhere else. It is expensive without paying shipping, but would be worth it IF it does what people on you tube says it does. Thanks,
Betty |
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- Posted by glib 5.5 (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 11, 12 at 20:58
| Great, I look forward to such a comparison. One wonders if our glacial soils really needs it, but obviously any soil that has been farmed for a century or more might be a candidate for rock dust supplements. I have no idea how much molybdenum I have. |
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I like goodies...
Today I picked up some cockledoodle doo. (4-1-2) is that about the same as chickity? While I was there I got a few (it`s a sickness) things.
Azomite (coarse grind) hoping I shouldn`t have got fine.
Greensand
calphos colloidal phosphate
tennessee brown phosphate
sulfur
fish meal
kelp meal
The good thing is that I`m set for a while. |
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| Jon, I have been using the micronized azomite to coat seeds before planting and in water for watering-in seedlings. Betty, if I was to pay to have one bag shipped from someplace I would definitely make it the micronized as I think that would deliver by far the most value. Glib, I think our soils definitely need it because of the millennia of high rainfall, not to mention cropping. |
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- Posted by glib 5.5 (My Page) on
Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 17:39
| I guess my question is: why is it not in manure or wood chips? Even if those plants were grown in deficient soil, they must have accumulated such nutrients. |
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| Anyone tried it as a tea? I'm brewing my first batch now and plan to spray my plant on Monday morning... |
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| Not a tea drinker myself, only coffee |
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