Return to the Organic Gardening Forum
| Post a Follow-Up
Garden Tone
| | |
Posted by TheMasterGardener1 none (My Page) on Wed, Jan 18, 12 at 14:13
| Anyone use garden tone for potted plants? I like the ingredients!! How is your results? |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Garden Tone
| | |
| Ive used garden tone a couple of times and I consider it to be more of a back up fertilizer or in case of emergency rather than something I would use all the time. A couple of downsides to it is that it contains some questionable (in my opinion) animal by-products from factory raised conventional poultry. I have gotten much better results making my own blends of simple fertilizers containing compost(home made), worm castings(home made), greensand, alfalfa pellets, lime and rock phosphate. Aerated compost teas also work wonders for container plants mid season. And simpler teas made from steeping Stinging Nettle, Chamomile or Comfrey (or all 3!) in water for a few days will really give positive results for very little cost or effort. |
RE: Garden Tone
| | |
| Thanks should I use a compsot tea with composted chicken manure and fish emulsion? Thats what I was thinking, maybe some green sand like you said, that has everything almost in it. I already use lime in my mix. |
RE: Garden Tone
| | |
The compost tea should ideally be made from black, crumbly, earthy smelling compost. I just use a simple bucket method, put a couple handfuls of compost in an old screen from a window, tie it shut, pour in 3 spoonfuls of molasses in the water, and stir a couple times a day for 3 days. Dilute 1:5 1:10 1:30 depending on what effect you want.
You can also add a number of different herbal plants for different effects or fish emulsion to this mix if you want to. Greensand is best added directly to the growing medium. |
RE: Garden Tone
| | |
| Second the tea, i put a shovel full of compost(mines all plant based, no manure) and dump it in a 5 gal bucket with molasses. i do however use one of those battery powered bait aerators. you can get them at a tackle shop for like 8$. let it bubble for a full day and night and the next afternoon its in the garden. plants seemed to thoroughly enjoy it, the wife however, not so much... |
Post a Follow-Up
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Organic Gardening Forum
|
|
|
