Found a new source for plant teas.

[Cap'nCrud]

Hello all,
I'm growing organic supersoil of my own making using fresh mushroom compost as the base. I have been making plant teas and adding to the plants as I water. I have found that most of the species that were suggested to use for teas to either be too expensive or too hard to find for me. I think I have a pretty good answer now though.
I went to the big chain petstore and started reading the rabbit and guinea pig feed, the real high grade stuff that people with more money than sense buy for their rabbits. LOL. Anyway, most all of the premium feeds have everything our plants need already in them, right down to molasses and micro nutes.
$9 for 5 pounds. Should last a long time.

 

[Eyes on Fire]

only thing to watch out for is where and how the pellets/Food nuggets are produced/sourced. animal feeds typically have far less stringent production rules and additive rules of various products. and as a mushroom compost base. thats a lot of salt in your mix if its heavy on the mushroom compost. other than that Im certain itll do fine if the quality is decent.

 

[Rev. Green Genes]

Horse Feed

What makes horse feed irresistible to horses is also what makes it an excellent fertilizer. This magic ingredient is molasses. To use horse feed as a fertilizer is simple and easy. First, it can just be sprinkled on top of the soil. Second, it can be dissolved in water alone or combined with another organic fertilizer.

Corn Gluten Meal

Corn gluten meal is a byproduct of the corn wet-milling process. It is used not only as an organic preemergent herbicide but also as a fertilizer that is 10 percent nitrogen. To use as a fertilizer, simply create a band of corn gluten meal and mix into the top one-inch of soil. Plant inside the band for optimum nitrogen benefit and do not worry about killing your plants. Corn gluten meal only works, as an herbicide before the seeds germinate not after and in doing so is useless as a post-emergent herbicide.

Average available N-P-K from farm manures (lbs/T):

Manure type : N-P2O5-K2O

Cow : 10-3-9
Cattle Manure (fresh): 0.29/0.25/0.1
Sheep : 20-5-20
Poultry : 30-20-10
Chicken Manure (fresh): 1.6/1.0-1.5/0.6-1.0
Bird guano (10-3-1 variable) fast release 25g/sq ft
Cow manure (2-0-0 variable) avg release 60g/sq ft
Horse manure (5-2.5-6 variable) avg release 20g/sq ft
Worm castings (1-0-0) slow release 150g/sq ft
Fish emulsion (5-2-2 liquid) fast release 1ml/sq ft
Cottonseed meal (6-2-2) avg release 20g/sq ft
Bonemeal (raw): 3.3-4.1/21.0/0.2
Bonemeal (steamed): 1.6-2.5/21.0/0.2
Hair: 14/0/0/0
Oats (grain): 2.0/0.8/0.6
Wheat Bran: 2.4/2.9/1.6
Wheat (grain): 2.0/0.85/0.5
Wheat Straw: 0.5/0.15/0.8
Wood Ash: 0/1.0-2.0/6.0-10.0 (only use forest wood, not lumber.)
Activated Sewage Sludge 5/3/0

 

[Eyes on Fire]

yup,awesome. just be aware of feed lots n stuff that manufacture and store these things. thats where(typically) e-coli and other issues crop up.or just tainting the stock. but it all works beautifully!!