by natureswayrdev | Organic Fertilizers
John's Corner: Bat Guano By: John Ferguson Guano comes from an Inca word for bat or sea bird manure via Spanish. Historically bat guano has been one of the most important natural fertilizers ever used. It has been used by cultures all over the world for hundreds of...
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John's Corner: Rock Phosphate By: John Ferguson For years many gardeners have used a product known as rock phosphate as a source of the element phosphorous (P) which is required by all life including plants. It is one of the big three we often see advertized on a bag...
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John's Corner: Soybean Meal By: John Ferguson This week I want to talk about what was once a good organic fertilizer and still is if organically grown and processed. Soybean meal goes by several different names depending on the brand and seller (soybean oil cake,...
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John's Corner: Alfalfa Meal Alfalfa Meal By: John Ferguson This week I want to talk about another great organic fertilizer known as Alfalfa. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a plant grown for many reasons as it is used in animal feed, for medicinal purposes, used as a...
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John's Corner: Cotton Seed Meal Cotton Seed Meal By: John Ferguson Cotton seed meal has been used as a natural fertilizer for decades with great results and is the preferred fertilizer by many gardeners. As you might have guessed cottonseed meal is a by-product of the...
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John's Corner: Fish Products Fish Products By: John Ferguson This week I want to continue with specific organic fertilizers and look at seaweed based products. The best seaweed products come from the ocean and contain all the nutrients found in seawater. The seaweed...
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John's Corner: Seaweed Based Products Seaweed Based Products By: John Ferguson This week I want to continue with specific organic fertilizers and look at seaweed based products. The best seaweed products come from the ocean and contain all the nutrients found in...
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John's Corner: Why Organic? Why Organic Fertilizers? By: John Ferguson In visiting with customers this week, the subject of organic fertilizers came up. The question of “WHY?” came up many times. So I am going to list a few of the reasons WHY? Organic...
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John's Corner: Arborgate Organic Blend Arborgate Organic Blend 4-4-3 + Calcium By: John Ferguson Update to original article: When only used a couple times there was a good growth response. However, with repeated usage a salt build up occurred in the soil resulting in...
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John's Corner: Pre-Blended Fertilizer Pre-Blended Organic Fertilizers By: John Ferguson This week I want to look at pre-blended organic fertilizers. The reason the better organic fertilizers blend ingredients together is to balance the nutrients going into to the...
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John's Corner: Organic Fertilizers 2 What Are Organic & Natural Fertilizer? By: John Ferguson The modern methods in horticulture and agriculture are based on soil biology where one feeds the soil and the microbes in the soil feed the plant. The old method was to use...
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John's Corner: Organic Fertilizers 1 What Happens When We Use An Artificial Fertilizer? By: John Ferguson This week we are going to start a new series on organic, natural fertilizers and nutrient sources. The old obsolete model of plant nutrition is based on feeding...
