Liquid organic fertilizer for seed starting
Ken Zone 5 SE Idaho
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What is the most efficient liquid organic fertilizer?
Comments (28)lifestreammm, plenty of scientific papers on urine can be googled, varies alot but roughly 10:1:1 NPK if you eat meat. Forgot what ashes were. I just put about 1 gallon of ashes in an 18 gallon tote, and then I water with urine in a 50:50 urine:water ratio whenever the leaves start looking a little yellowish. As a liquid fertilizer it does drain off pretty quickly, so you end up fertilizing more than you might think you should (at least compared to a good organic in-the-ground garden). You really don't need to be precise, as you can adjust as needed. If you think you over-fertilized, you can always just water more and flush it out....See MoreLiquid organic fertilizer? Is it needed?
Comments (6)well what to you mean jolt?? have they produced any fruit yet?? so what are you looking to do cause massive growth or intense fruit set?? also you know M.G is not organic right>? not saying its bad cause i use it in my own garden.. one question how do you irrigate your garden. flood.... impact sprinkler or any sprinkler system , micros ect... or drip?? i only ask cause most fertilizer that you buy as a granular example like 15-15-15 is slow release and has to be watered in and side dressed along the plants not touching them that is bad and will burn or kill the plant. on the upside granular is probably the most safest to use for a first timer. that being said if it is organic it usually doesn't have as high NPK values as inorganic but i would use the same technique as the inorganic. liquid on the other hand is A instant release and uptake by the plant and should be properly administered to the plant other wise you will do more harm than good. personally i use liquid but i do it in a way that will not harm my garden i've done a lot of research and i'm lucky to work for a agricultural company that sells many ag chem and fertilizers for comercial farmers. i have installed a drip irrigation for my entire garden except my corn due to the fact i flood irrigate it, and installed a mazzie injector system where i inject liquid fertilizer into my irrigation system fertilizing my garden and watering at the same time two birds with one stone. also keep in mind that i do this every time i water just about cause the rate of fertilizer i'm giving the plants is very little i double the strength of the M.G in a gallon of water then i inject it at a rat of 3 gallons an hour this combines the one gallon with about 50-75 gallons of water have traveled through the system so it is quite watered down and is why i do it just about every irrigation. and i find it works well my garden is thriving even though i've been plagued with pest....See MoreHomemade liquid fertilizer
Comments (24)Yeiks! I was just looking around the GW to see about using dry molasses versus Unsulfered liquid and found this. I thought I would mention, that Kim posted that she is using egg shells, then adding vinegar to the egg shells. Vinegar should NOT be used as a plant food..it is used for weed killing and will kill your seedlings. As for liquid fertilizer, I usually use diluted fish emulsion for seedlings. (1/4th strength) In defense of Organic Guy, I make rabbit manure tea and have for years without ill effects. It is not as if, we are cleaning out the chicken coops, horse stalls, cow barns or rabbit hutches with our bare hands, then going in the house to make a sandwich and not wash up. The year my Aruacana hen, Daisy sat on the tomato cages I won Blue Ribbon for the heaviest tomatoes, 3lb each, and my weigh in total has not been broken at that fair for 5 years. Personally, I think there are more illnesses relating to improper home cannning method and improper hand washing than all of us who use manure tea. As far as getting sick, well I have had one prescription for antibiotics in the last decade. Went in 2 years ago for built up ear wax cleaning. My daughter, who is now 15 has had 3 or 4 ear infections her entire life, that's it and we are questioned if we have a check up to make sure someone didn't "miss" our prescription list, as we have none....See MoreLiquid Organic Fertilizers
Comments (5)We've had excellent success with neptune's harvest as well. It is also great to germinate seed with prior to planting. follow the directions on the bottle or see the link below, one of the best resource I've found for Neptune's Harvest. Here is a link that might be useful: www.organicgardengrower.com...See Morewindberry zone5a BCCanada
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