Here's another good source of information I have stumbled across and thought might help out.
Organic Nutrient List
Organic Nutrient List
Manures
___________________________________________________________________________________________________Duck manure N= 0.6 P= 1.4 K= 0.5
Chicken manure N= 1.1 P= 0.8 K= 0.5 comments- Fast acting, breaks down quickest of all manures. Use carefully, may burn. Also, stinks like hell - composting definitely recommended.
Steer manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.4 comments- Often contains weed seeds, should be hot composted if fresh.
Cow manure (dairy) N= 0.6 P= 0.2 K= 0.5 comments- Often contains weed seeds, should be hot composted.
Rabbit manure N= 2.4 P= 1.4 K= 0.6 comments- Most concentrated of animal manures in fresh form.
Horse manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.6 comments- Medium breakdown time.
Sheep manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.9
Worm castings N= 0.5 P= 0.5 K= 0.3 comments- 50% organic material plus 11 trace minerals. Great for seedlings, will not burn. Is a form of compost, so doesn't need composting.
Desert Bat Guano N= 8 P= 4 K= 1 comments- Also contains trace elements. Fast-acting, mix in soil or as tea (1 C guano to 5 gal. water).
Fossilized Seabird Guano N= 1 P= 10 K= 1 comments- Slow release over 3 to 12 weeks, best used as an addition to potting mix.
Cave Bat Guano N= 3 P= 10 K= 1
Peruvian Seabird Guano (pelletized) N= 12 P= 12 K= 2.5 comments- Legendary fertilizer of the Incas. Use in soil as a long lasting fertilizer, or make into tea (1 tsp pellets to 1 gallon water.
Note: it is recommended to first compost any fresh manure before you use it for 2 reasons:
1. to lessen the chance of harmful pathogens.
2. to break down the manure to make it more usable to the plant (and reduce the smell!)
The rates for pig or human manure are not listed because of the high rate of harmful pathogens they contain.
Chicken manure N= 1.1 P= 0.8 K= 0.5 comments- Fast acting, breaks down quickest of all manures. Use carefully, may burn. Also, stinks like hell - composting definitely recommended.
Steer manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.4 comments- Often contains weed seeds, should be hot composted if fresh.
Cow manure (dairy) N= 0.6 P= 0.2 K= 0.5 comments- Often contains weed seeds, should be hot composted.
Rabbit manure N= 2.4 P= 1.4 K= 0.6 comments- Most concentrated of animal manures in fresh form.
Horse manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.6 comments- Medium breakdown time.
Sheep manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.9
Worm castings N= 0.5 P= 0.5 K= 0.3 comments- 50% organic material plus 11 trace minerals. Great for seedlings, will not burn. Is a form of compost, so doesn't need composting.
Desert Bat Guano N= 8 P= 4 K= 1 comments- Also contains trace elements. Fast-acting, mix in soil or as tea (1 C guano to 5 gal. water).
Fossilized Seabird Guano N= 1 P= 10 K= 1 comments- Slow release over 3 to 12 weeks, best used as an addition to potting mix.
Cave Bat Guano N= 3 P= 10 K= 1
Peruvian Seabird Guano (pelletized) N= 12 P= 12 K= 2.5 comments- Legendary fertilizer of the Incas. Use in soil as a long lasting fertilizer, or make into tea (1 tsp pellets to 1 gallon water.
Note: it is recommended to first compost any fresh manure before you use it for 2 reasons:
1. to lessen the chance of harmful pathogens.
2. to break down the manure to make it more usable to the plant (and reduce the smell!)
The rates for pig or human manure are not listed because of the high rate of harmful pathogens they contain.
Organic Meals
Blood Meal N= 11 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Highest N of all organic sources, very fast acting if made into tea.
Bone Meal (steamed) N= 1 P= 11 K= 0 comments- Releases nutrients slowly. Caution: European farmers should not use because of the risk of spreading Mad Cow Disease; growers elsewhere may face the same issue.
Cottonseed Meal N= 6 P= 2.5 K= 1.5 comments- If farming organically, check the source. May be heavily treated with pesticides.
Coffee Grounds N= 2 P= 0.3 K= 0.2 comments- Highly acidic, best for use in alkaline soils.
Soybean Meal N= 7 P= 0.5 K= 2.5
Kelp Meal N= 1 P= 0.5 K= 2.5 comments- Provides 60 trace elements, plus growth-promoting hormones and enzymes.
Fish Emulsion N= 4 P= 1 K= 1 comments- Also adds 5% sulfur. Good N source for seedlings, won't burn.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________Blood Meal N= 11 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Highest N of all organic sources, very fast acting if made into tea.
Bone Meal (steamed) N= 1 P= 11 K= 0 comments- Releases nutrients slowly. Caution: European farmers should not use because of the risk of spreading Mad Cow Disease; growers elsewhere may face the same issue.
Cottonseed Meal N= 6 P= 2.5 K= 1.5 comments- If farming organically, check the source. May be heavily treated with pesticides.
Coffee Grounds N= 2 P= 0.3 K= 0.2 comments- Highly acidic, best for use in alkaline soils.
Soybean Meal N= 7 P= 0.5 K= 2.5
Kelp Meal N= 1 P= 0.5 K= 2.5 comments- Provides 60 trace elements, plus growth-promoting hormones and enzymes.
Fish Emulsion N= 4 P= 1 K= 1 comments- Also adds 5% sulfur. Good N source for seedlings, won't burn.
Minerals
___________________________________________________________________________________________________Greensand N= 0 P= 1.5 K= 7 comments- Mined from old ocean deposits; used as soil conditioner; it holds water and is high in iron, magnesium, and silica - 32 trace minerals in all.
Eggshells N= 1.2 P= 0.4 K= 0.1 comments- Contais calcium plus trace minerals. Dry first, then grind to powder.
Limestone (calcitic) N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Raises pH, 65-80% calcium, 3-15% magnesium.
Limestone (dolomitic) N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Raises pH, 51% calcium and 40% magnesium.
Crustacean Shells N= 4.6 P= 3.52 K= 0 comments- Contain large amounts of lime. Should be ground as finely as possible for best results.
Wood Ashes N= 0 P= 1.5 K= 7 comments- Very fast acting and highly alkaline (usually used to raise pH). Contains many micronutrients.
Crushed Granite N= 0 P= 0 K= 5 comments- Contains 67% silicas and 19 trace minerals. Slow release over a long period of time.
Rock Phosphate N= 0 P= 3 K= 0 comments- Contains 11 trace minerals. Slow release over a long period of time.
Epsom Salts N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Provides Mg and acts as a balancer.
Eggshells N= 1.2 P= 0.4 K= 0.1 comments- Contais calcium plus trace minerals. Dry first, then grind to powder.
Limestone (calcitic) N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Raises pH, 65-80% calcium, 3-15% magnesium.
Limestone (dolomitic) N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Raises pH, 51% calcium and 40% magnesium.
Crustacean Shells N= 4.6 P= 3.52 K= 0 comments- Contain large amounts of lime. Should be ground as finely as possible for best results.
Wood Ashes N= 0 P= 1.5 K= 7 comments- Very fast acting and highly alkaline (usually used to raise pH). Contains many micronutrients.
Crushed Granite N= 0 P= 0 K= 5 comments- Contains 67% silicas and 19 trace minerals. Slow release over a long period of time.
Rock Phosphate N= 0 P= 3 K= 0 comments- Contains 11 trace minerals. Slow release over a long period of time.
Epsom Salts N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Provides Mg and acts as a balancer.
Soil Amendments and Organic Material
Cornstalks N= 0.75 P= 0.4 K= 0.9 comments- Break down slowly; excellent soil conditioner. Should be shredded.
Feathers N= 15 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Chop or shred finely for best results.
Hair N= 14 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Good soil conditioner, oils break down slowly. Chop or shred finely for best results.
Sources include: Rodale Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, The Deluxe Marijuana Growers Guide (Frank and Rosenthal)
Feathers N= 15 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Chop or shred finely for best results.
Hair N= 14 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Good soil conditioner, oils break down slowly. Chop or shred finely for best results.
Sources include: Rodale Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, The Deluxe Marijuana Growers Guide (Frank and Rosenthal)
Organic Fertilizers - Composition
Organic soil composition involves creating a soil medium that has a balanced amount of nutrients - NPK as well as trace elements and minerals - plus organic material that provides food for not only the plant, but also the countless soil microorganisms, fungi, worms, and bacteria that comprise a healthy soil. This soil life breaks down the raw materials of the fertilizers you add so the plants can absorb them, and also plays a part in as-yet undefined processes that aid plant growth and improve soil health.
Plant Based
Below are various "recipes" for both organic fertilizers and organic soil mixes.
Organic soil composition involves creating a soil medium that has a balanced amount of nutrients - NPK as well as trace elements and minerals - plus organic material that provides food for not only the plant, but also the countless soil microorganisms, fungi, worms, and bacteria that comprise a healthy soil. This soil life breaks down the raw materials of the fertilizers you add so the plants can absorb them, and also plays a part in as-yet undefined processes that aid plant growth and improve soil health.
Plant Based
Alfalfa meal 3-0.5-3 Ca 8 Mg 0.3 S 0.1
Corn gluten 9-0-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 s 0
Cottenseed meal 7-2.5-1.5-1.5 Ca 0.5 Mg 1 S 0.2
Soybean meal 7-1.2-1.5-0.4 Ca 0.4 Mg 0.3 S 0.2
Seaweed 0.7-0.8-5 Ca 0.2 Mg 0.1 S 0
Wood Ash 0-2-6 Ca 20 Mg 1 S 0
Kelp Meal 1-0-2
Potash 0-0-30
Animal BasedCorn gluten 9-0-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 s 0
Cottenseed meal 7-2.5-1.5-1.5 Ca 0.5 Mg 1 S 0.2
Soybean meal 7-1.2-1.5-0.4 Ca 0.4 Mg 0.3 S 0.2
Seaweed 0.7-0.8-5 Ca 0.2 Mg 0.1 S 0
Wood Ash 0-2-6 Ca 20 Mg 1 S 0
Kelp Meal 1-0-2
Potash 0-0-30
Blood meal 15-3-0 Ca 0.3 MG 0 S 0 some are 12-0-0
Bonemeal 3.5-22-0 Ca 22 MG 0.6 S 0.2
Feathermeal 15-0-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 0.0
Fish Products 10-6-0 Ca 6 Mg 0.2 S 0.2
Bonechar 0-16-0
Alask fish fert 5-1-1
Neptunes harvest 2-3-1
Mined MineralsBonemeal 3.5-22-0 Ca 22 MG 0.6 S 0.2
Feathermeal 15-0-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 0.0
Fish Products 10-6-0 Ca 6 Mg 0.2 S 0.2
Bonechar 0-16-0
Alask fish fert 5-1-1
Neptunes harvest 2-3-1
Granite dust 0-0-4 Ca 0 MG 0 S 0
Greensand 0-1-8 Ca 0.5 Mg 3 S 0.1
Gypsum 0-0-0.5 Ca 22 Mg 0.4 S 17
Langbeinite 0-0-22 Ca 0 Mg 18 S 27
Dolomitic Lime 0-0-0 Ca 25 MG 9 S 0.3
Calcitic Lime 0-0-0.3 Ca 32 MG 3 S 0.1
Rock Phosphate 0-25-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 10
Zeolite 0-0-3.2 Ca 2.5 Ca 2.5 S 0
Azomite 70 trace minerals from A-Z
Recycled MaterialsGreensand 0-1-8 Ca 0.5 Mg 3 S 0.1
Gypsum 0-0-0.5 Ca 22 Mg 0.4 S 17
Langbeinite 0-0-22 Ca 0 Mg 18 S 27
Dolomitic Lime 0-0-0 Ca 25 MG 9 S 0.3
Calcitic Lime 0-0-0.3 Ca 32 MG 3 S 0.1
Rock Phosphate 0-25-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 10
Zeolite 0-0-3.2 Ca 2.5 Ca 2.5 S 0
Azomite 70 trace minerals from A-Z
Coffee grounds 2-.3-.3 Ca .1 Mg .1 S 0
Grass clippings 4-1-3 Ca 8 Mg 3 S .5
Leaves .8-.4-.2 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 0
Sawdust .2-0-.2 CA 0 Mg 0 S 0
Compost 1-0.5-1 Ca 0.3 MG 0.2 S 0.3
ManuresGrass clippings 4-1-3 Ca 8 Mg 3 S .5
Leaves .8-.4-.2 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 0
Sawdust .2-0-.2 CA 0 Mg 0 S 0
Compost 1-0.5-1 Ca 0.3 MG 0.2 S 0.3
Chicken 2-1.5-.5 Ca 2 Mg .2 S .1
Cow .5-.2-.5 Ca .2 Mg .1 S .1
Horse .6-.2-.5 Ca .5 Mg .1 S.1
Sheep 1-.3-1 Ca 1 Mg .1 S .05
Jamaican bat guano 1-10-0.2
Mexican Bat Guano 10-2-1
Peruvian seabird guano 10-10-2
Indonesion Bat guano .5-12-2
Fossilized sea bird guano 1-10-1
N-P-K of organic amendments.Cow .5-.2-.5 Ca .2 Mg .1 S .1
Horse .6-.2-.5 Ca .5 Mg .1 S.1
Sheep 1-.3-1 Ca 1 Mg .1 S .05
Jamaican bat guano 1-10-0.2
Mexican Bat Guano 10-2-1
Peruvian seabird guano 10-10-2
Indonesion Bat guano .5-12-2
Fossilized sea bird guano 1-10-1
Alfalfa Hay: 2.45/05/2.1
Apple Fruit: 0.05/0.02/0.1
Apple Leaves: 1.0/0.15/0.4
Apple Pomace: 0.2/0.02/0.15
Apple skins(ash) : 0/3.0/11/74
Banana Residues (ash): 1.75/0.75/0.5
Barley (grain): 0/0/0.5
Barley (straw): 0/0/1.0
Basalt Rock: 0/0/1.5
Bat Guano: 5.0-8.0/4.0-5.0/1.0
Beans, garden(seed and hull): 0.25/0.08/03
Beet Wastes: 0.4/0.4/0.7-4.1
Blood meal: 15.0/0/0
Bone Black: 1.5/0/0
Bonemeal (raw): 3.3-4.1/21.0/0.2
Bonemeal (steamed): 1.6-2.5/21.0/0.2
Brewery Wastes (wet): 1.0/0.5/0.05
Buckwheat straw: 0/0/2.0
Cantaloupe Rinds (ash): 0/9.77/12.0
Castor pomace: 4.0-6.6/1.0-2.0/1.0-2.0
Cattail reeds and water lily stems: 2.0/0.8/3.4
Cattail Seed: 0.98/0.25/0.1
Cattle Manure (fresh): 0.29/0.25/0.1
Cherry Leaves: 0.6/0/0.7
Chicken Manure (fresh): 1.6/1.0-1.5/0.6-1.0
Clover: 2/0/0/0 (also contains calcium)
Cocoa Shell Dust: 1.0/1.5/1.7
cocoa hulls: 3-1-3.2 (not to mention lots of humic acids and trace elements)
Coffee Grounds: 2.0/0.36/0.67
Corn (grain): 1.65/0.65/0.4
Corn (green forage): 0.4/0.13/0.33
Corn cobs: 0/0/2.0
Corn Silage: 0.42/0/0
Cornstalks: 0.75/0/0.8
Cottonseed hulls (ash): 0/8.7/23.9
Cottonseed Meal: 7.0/2.0-3.0/1.8
Cotton Wastes (factory): 1.32/0.45/0.36
Cowpea Hay: 3.0/0/2.3
Cowpeas (green forage): 0.45/0.12/0.45
Cowpeas (seed): 3.1/1.0/1.2
Crabgrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Crabs (dried, ground): 10.0/0/0 (I personally just crush the shells with my foot)
Crabs (fresh): 5.0/3.6/0.2
Cucumber Skins (ash): 0/11.28/27.2 ( WOW!!!! Who knew???)
Dried Blood: 10.0-14.0/1.0-5.0/0
Duck Manure (fresh): 1.12/1.44/0.6
Eggs: 2.25/0.4/0.15
Eggshells: 1.19/0.38/0.14
Feathers: 15.3/0/0
Felt Wastes: 14.0/0/1.0
Field Beans (seed): 4.0/1.2/1.3
Feild Beans (shells): 1.7/0.3/1.3
Fish (dried, ground): 8.0/7.0/0
Fish Scraps (fresh): 6.5/3.75/0
Gluten Meal: 6.4/0/0
Granite Dust: 0/0/3.0-5.5
Grapefruit Skins (ash): 0/3.6/30.6 (And people throw these things away? Wow!)
Grape Leaves: 0.45/0.1/0.4
Grape Pomace: 1.0/0.07/0.3
Grass (imature): 1.0/0/1.2
Greensand: 0/1.5/7.0
Hair: 14/0/0/0
Hoof and Horn Meal: 12.5/2.0/0
Horse Manure (fresh): 0.44/0.35/0.3
Incinerator Ash: 0.24/5.15/2.33
Insect Frass (Raw): 2-2-2
Jellyfish (dried): 4.6/0/0
Kentucky Bluegrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Kentucky Bluegrass (hay): 1.2/0.4/2.0
Leather Dust: 11.0/0/0
Lemon Culls: 0.15/0.06/0.26
Lemon Skins (ash): 06.33/1.0
Lobster Refuse: 4.5/3.5/0
Milk: 0.5/0.3/0.18
Millet Hay: 1.2/0/3.2
Molasses Residue (From alcohol manufacture): 0.7/0/5.32
Molasses Waste (From Sugar refining): 0/0/3.0-4.0
Mud (fresh water): 1.37/0.26/0.22
Mud (harbour): 0.99/0.77/0.05
Mud (salt): 0.4.0/0
Mussels: 1.0/0.12/0.13
Nutshells: 2.5/0/0
Oak Leaves: 0.8/0.35/0.2
Oats (grain): 2.0/0.8/0.6
Oats (green fodder): 0.49/0/0
Oat straw: 0/0/1.5
Olive Pomace: 1.15/0.78/1.3
Orange Culls: 0.2/0.13/0.21
Orange Skins: 0/3.0/27.0 (Right up there with Grapefruit. Note: both can attract fruit flies so, bury them in the compost)
Oyster Shells: 0.36/0/0
Peach Leaves: 0.9/0.15/0.6
Pea forage: 1.5-2.5/0/1.4
Peanuts (seed/kernals): 3.6/0.7/0.45
Peanut Shells: 3.6/0.15/0.5 (I grind them up in the food processor first)
Pea Pods (ash): 0/3.0/9.0 (I cut them up with a pair of scissors while shelling them)
Pea (vines): 0.25/0/0.7
Pear Leaves: 0.7/0/0.4
Pigeon manure (fresh): 4.19/2.24/1.0
Pigweed (rough): 0.6/0.1/0
Pine Needles: 0.5/0.12/0.03
Potato Skins (ash): 0/5.18/27.5
Potaote Tubers: 0.35/0.15/2.5
Potatoe Vines (dried): 0.6/0.16/1.6
Prune Refuse: 0.18/0.07/0.31
Pumpkins (fresh): 0.16/0.07/0.26
Rabbitbrush (ash): 0/0/13.04
Rabbit Manure: 2.4/1.4/0.6
Ragweed: 0.76/0.26/0
Rapeseed meal: 0/1.0=2.0/1.0=3.0
Raspberry leaves: 1.45/0/0.6
Red clover hay: 2.1/0.6/2.1
Redrop Hay: 1.2/0.35/1.0
Rock and Mussel Deposits From Ocean: 0.22/0.09/1.78
Roses (flowers): 0.3/0.1/0.4
Rye Straw: 0/0/1.0
Salt March Hay: 1.1/0.25/0.75
Sardine Scrap: 8.0/7.1/0
Seaweed (dried): 1.1-1.5/0.75/4.9 (Seaweed is loaded with micronutrients including: Boron, Iodine, Magnesium and so on.)
Seaweed (fresh): 0.2-0.4/0/0
Sheep and Goat Manure (fresh): 0.55/0.6/0.3
Shoddy and Felt: 8.0/0/0
Shrimp Heads (dried): 7.8/4.2/0
Shrimp Wastes: 2.9/10.0/0
Siftings From Oyster Shell Mounds: 0.36/10.38/0.09
Silk Mill Wastes: 8.0/1.14/1.0
Silkworm Cocoons:10.0/1.82/1.08
Sludge: 2.0/1.9/0.3
Sludge (activated): 5.0/2.5-4.0/0.6
Smokehouse/Firepit Ash:0/0/4.96 (I put the ashes from my smoker in the pile)
Sorghum Straw:0/0/1.0
Soybean Hay: 1.5-3.0/0/1.2-2.3
Starfish: 1.8/0.2/0.25 (I'm not saying: "Go out and decimate starfish populations at our local beaches" but, the odd starfish would be okay. Incidentally, the edndoskeletons of starfish are made of Calcium Carbonate which, is slow to break down.)
String Beans (strings and stems, ash): 0/4.99/18.0 (Why we throw this stuff away? I have no idea. Look at all that potash!)
Sugar Wastes (raw): 2.0/8.0/0
Sweet Potatoes: 0.25/0.1/0.5
Swine Manure (fresh): 0.6/0.45/0.5
Tanbark Ash: 0/0.34/3.8
Tanbark Ash (spent): 0/1.75/2.0
Tankage: 3.0-11.0/2.0-5.0/0
Tea Grounds: 4.15/0.62/0.4
Timothy Hay: 1.2/0.55/1.4
Tobacco Leaves: 4.0/0.5/6.0
Tobacco Stems: 2.5-3.7/0.6-0.9/4.5-7.0
Tomatoe Fruit: 0.2/0.07/0.35 (A note on tomatoe fruit: These should be hot composted. I just let any rotted or insect eaten tomatoes compost in the soil beneath the plants and have "freebees" come back each consecutive year. Hot composting will kill the seeds.)
Tomatoe Leaves: 0.35/0.1/0.4
Tomatoe Stalks: 0.35/0.1/0.5
Tung Oil Pumace: 6.1/0/0
Vetch Hay: 2.8/0/2.3
Waste Silt: 9.5/0/0
Wheat Bran: 2.4/2.9/1.6
Wheat (grain): 2.0/0.85/0.5
Wheat Straw: 0.5/0.15/0.8
White Clover (Green): 0.5/0.2/0.3
Winter Rye Hay: 0/0/1.0
Wood Ash: 0/1.0-2.0/6.0-10.0 (A note on Wood ash: Wood Ash can contain chemicals that could harm plants and also carcinogens so, they should be composted in moderation)
Wool Wastes: 3.5-6.0/2.0-4.0/1.0-3.5
Found this info also thought it was interesting. I have been looking for info on topdressing so I think it is appropriate.
Mix and match formulasApple Fruit: 0.05/0.02/0.1
Apple Leaves: 1.0/0.15/0.4
Apple Pomace: 0.2/0.02/0.15
Apple skins(ash) : 0/3.0/11/74
Banana Residues (ash): 1.75/0.75/0.5
Barley (grain): 0/0/0.5
Barley (straw): 0/0/1.0
Basalt Rock: 0/0/1.5
Bat Guano: 5.0-8.0/4.0-5.0/1.0
Beans, garden(seed and hull): 0.25/0.08/03
Beet Wastes: 0.4/0.4/0.7-4.1
Blood meal: 15.0/0/0
Bone Black: 1.5/0/0
Bonemeal (raw): 3.3-4.1/21.0/0.2
Bonemeal (steamed): 1.6-2.5/21.0/0.2
Brewery Wastes (wet): 1.0/0.5/0.05
Buckwheat straw: 0/0/2.0
Cantaloupe Rinds (ash): 0/9.77/12.0
Castor pomace: 4.0-6.6/1.0-2.0/1.0-2.0
Cattail reeds and water lily stems: 2.0/0.8/3.4
Cattail Seed: 0.98/0.25/0.1
Cattle Manure (fresh): 0.29/0.25/0.1
Cherry Leaves: 0.6/0/0.7
Chicken Manure (fresh): 1.6/1.0-1.5/0.6-1.0
Clover: 2/0/0/0 (also contains calcium)
Cocoa Shell Dust: 1.0/1.5/1.7
cocoa hulls: 3-1-3.2 (not to mention lots of humic acids and trace elements)
Coffee Grounds: 2.0/0.36/0.67
Corn (grain): 1.65/0.65/0.4
Corn (green forage): 0.4/0.13/0.33
Corn cobs: 0/0/2.0
Corn Silage: 0.42/0/0
Cornstalks: 0.75/0/0.8
Cottonseed hulls (ash): 0/8.7/23.9
Cottonseed Meal: 7.0/2.0-3.0/1.8
Cotton Wastes (factory): 1.32/0.45/0.36
Cowpea Hay: 3.0/0/2.3
Cowpeas (green forage): 0.45/0.12/0.45
Cowpeas (seed): 3.1/1.0/1.2
Crabgrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Crabs (dried, ground): 10.0/0/0 (I personally just crush the shells with my foot)
Crabs (fresh): 5.0/3.6/0.2
Cucumber Skins (ash): 0/11.28/27.2 ( WOW!!!! Who knew???)
Dried Blood: 10.0-14.0/1.0-5.0/0
Duck Manure (fresh): 1.12/1.44/0.6
Eggs: 2.25/0.4/0.15
Eggshells: 1.19/0.38/0.14
Feathers: 15.3/0/0
Felt Wastes: 14.0/0/1.0
Field Beans (seed): 4.0/1.2/1.3
Feild Beans (shells): 1.7/0.3/1.3
Fish (dried, ground): 8.0/7.0/0
Fish Scraps (fresh): 6.5/3.75/0
Gluten Meal: 6.4/0/0
Granite Dust: 0/0/3.0-5.5
Grapefruit Skins (ash): 0/3.6/30.6 (And people throw these things away? Wow!)
Grape Leaves: 0.45/0.1/0.4
Grape Pomace: 1.0/0.07/0.3
Grass (imature): 1.0/0/1.2
Greensand: 0/1.5/7.0
Hair: 14/0/0/0
Hoof and Horn Meal: 12.5/2.0/0
Horse Manure (fresh): 0.44/0.35/0.3
Incinerator Ash: 0.24/5.15/2.33
Insect Frass (Raw): 2-2-2
Jellyfish (dried): 4.6/0/0
Kentucky Bluegrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Kentucky Bluegrass (hay): 1.2/0.4/2.0
Leather Dust: 11.0/0/0
Lemon Culls: 0.15/0.06/0.26
Lemon Skins (ash): 06.33/1.0
Lobster Refuse: 4.5/3.5/0
Milk: 0.5/0.3/0.18
Millet Hay: 1.2/0/3.2
Molasses Residue (From alcohol manufacture): 0.7/0/5.32
Molasses Waste (From Sugar refining): 0/0/3.0-4.0
Mud (fresh water): 1.37/0.26/0.22
Mud (harbour): 0.99/0.77/0.05
Mud (salt): 0.4.0/0
Mussels: 1.0/0.12/0.13
Nutshells: 2.5/0/0
Oak Leaves: 0.8/0.35/0.2
Oats (grain): 2.0/0.8/0.6
Oats (green fodder): 0.49/0/0
Oat straw: 0/0/1.5
Olive Pomace: 1.15/0.78/1.3
Orange Culls: 0.2/0.13/0.21
Orange Skins: 0/3.0/27.0 (Right up there with Grapefruit. Note: both can attract fruit flies so, bury them in the compost)
Oyster Shells: 0.36/0/0
Peach Leaves: 0.9/0.15/0.6
Pea forage: 1.5-2.5/0/1.4
Peanuts (seed/kernals): 3.6/0.7/0.45
Peanut Shells: 3.6/0.15/0.5 (I grind them up in the food processor first)
Pea Pods (ash): 0/3.0/9.0 (I cut them up with a pair of scissors while shelling them)
Pea (vines): 0.25/0/0.7
Pear Leaves: 0.7/0/0.4
Pigeon manure (fresh): 4.19/2.24/1.0
Pigweed (rough): 0.6/0.1/0
Pine Needles: 0.5/0.12/0.03
Potato Skins (ash): 0/5.18/27.5
Potaote Tubers: 0.35/0.15/2.5
Potatoe Vines (dried): 0.6/0.16/1.6
Prune Refuse: 0.18/0.07/0.31
Pumpkins (fresh): 0.16/0.07/0.26
Rabbitbrush (ash): 0/0/13.04
Rabbit Manure: 2.4/1.4/0.6
Ragweed: 0.76/0.26/0
Rapeseed meal: 0/1.0=2.0/1.0=3.0
Raspberry leaves: 1.45/0/0.6
Red clover hay: 2.1/0.6/2.1
Redrop Hay: 1.2/0.35/1.0
Rock and Mussel Deposits From Ocean: 0.22/0.09/1.78
Roses (flowers): 0.3/0.1/0.4
Rye Straw: 0/0/1.0
Salt March Hay: 1.1/0.25/0.75
Sardine Scrap: 8.0/7.1/0
Seaweed (dried): 1.1-1.5/0.75/4.9 (Seaweed is loaded with micronutrients including: Boron, Iodine, Magnesium and so on.)
Seaweed (fresh): 0.2-0.4/0/0
Sheep and Goat Manure (fresh): 0.55/0.6/0.3
Shoddy and Felt: 8.0/0/0
Shrimp Heads (dried): 7.8/4.2/0
Shrimp Wastes: 2.9/10.0/0
Siftings From Oyster Shell Mounds: 0.36/10.38/0.09
Silk Mill Wastes: 8.0/1.14/1.0
Silkworm Cocoons:10.0/1.82/1.08
Sludge: 2.0/1.9/0.3
Sludge (activated): 5.0/2.5-4.0/0.6
Smokehouse/Firepit Ash:0/0/4.96 (I put the ashes from my smoker in the pile)
Sorghum Straw:0/0/1.0
Soybean Hay: 1.5-3.0/0/1.2-2.3
Starfish: 1.8/0.2/0.25 (I'm not saying: "Go out and decimate starfish populations at our local beaches" but, the odd starfish would be okay. Incidentally, the edndoskeletons of starfish are made of Calcium Carbonate which, is slow to break down.)
String Beans (strings and stems, ash): 0/4.99/18.0 (Why we throw this stuff away? I have no idea. Look at all that potash!)
Sugar Wastes (raw): 2.0/8.0/0
Sweet Potatoes: 0.25/0.1/0.5
Swine Manure (fresh): 0.6/0.45/0.5
Tanbark Ash: 0/0.34/3.8
Tanbark Ash (spent): 0/1.75/2.0
Tankage: 3.0-11.0/2.0-5.0/0
Tea Grounds: 4.15/0.62/0.4
Timothy Hay: 1.2/0.55/1.4
Tobacco Leaves: 4.0/0.5/6.0
Tobacco Stems: 2.5-3.7/0.6-0.9/4.5-7.0
Tomatoe Fruit: 0.2/0.07/0.35 (A note on tomatoe fruit: These should be hot composted. I just let any rotted or insect eaten tomatoes compost in the soil beneath the plants and have "freebees" come back each consecutive year. Hot composting will kill the seeds.)
Tomatoe Leaves: 0.35/0.1/0.4
Tomatoe Stalks: 0.35/0.1/0.5
Tung Oil Pumace: 6.1/0/0
Vetch Hay: 2.8/0/2.3
Waste Silt: 9.5/0/0
Wheat Bran: 2.4/2.9/1.6
Wheat (grain): 2.0/0.85/0.5
Wheat Straw: 0.5/0.15/0.8
White Clover (Green): 0.5/0.2/0.3
Winter Rye Hay: 0/0/1.0
Wood Ash: 0/1.0-2.0/6.0-10.0 (A note on Wood ash: Wood Ash can contain chemicals that could harm plants and also carcinogens so, they should be composted in moderation)
Wool Wastes: 3.5-6.0/2.0-4.0/1.0-3.5
Found this info also thought it was interesting. I have been looking for info on topdressing so I think it is appropriate.
Pick one source from each category. The results will vary in composition from 1-2-1 to 4-6-3, but any mixture will provide a balanced supply of nutrients that will be steadily available to plants and encourage soil microorganisms.
Nitrogen
2 parts blood meal
3 parts fish meal
Phosporous
3 parts bone meal
6 parts rock phosphate or colloidal phosphate
Potassium
1 part kelp meal
6 part greensand
More Organic Fertilizer MixesNitrogen
2 parts blood meal
3 parts fish meal
Phosporous
3 parts bone meal
6 parts rock phosphate or colloidal phosphate
Potassium
1 part kelp meal
6 part greensand
Below are various "recipes" for both organic fertilizers and organic soil mixes.
2 - 3.5 - 2.5
1 part bone meal
3 parts alfalfa hay
2 parts greensand
2 - 4 - 2
4 parts coffee grounds
1 part bone meal
1 part wood ashes
2 - 4 - 2
1 part leather dust
1 part bone meal
3 parts granite dust
2 - 8 - 2
3 parts greensand
2 parts seaweed
1 part dried blood
2 parts phosphate rock
2 - 13 - 2.5
1 part cottonseed meal
2 parts phosphate rock
2 parts seaweed
3.5 - 5.5 - 3.5
2 parts cottonseed meal
1 part colloidal phosphate
2 parts granite dust
2.5 - 6 - 5
1 part dried blood
1 part phosphate rock
4 parts wood ashes
0 - 5 - 4
1 part phosphate rock
3 parts greensand
2 parts wood ashes
3 - 6 - 3
1 part leather dust
1 part phosphate rock
3 parts seaweed
3 - 7 - 5
1 part dried blood
1 part phosphate rock
3 parts wood ashes
3 - 8 - 5
1 part leather dust
1 part phosphate rock
1 part fish scrap
4 parts wood ashes
2.5 - 2.5 - 4
3 parts granite dust
1 part dried blood
1 part bone meal
5 parts seaweed
4 - 5 - 4
2 parts dried blood
1 part phosphate rock
4 parts wood ashes
6 - 8 - 3
2 parts fish scrap
2 parts dried blood
1 part cottonseed meal
1 part wood ashes
1 part phosphate rock
1 part granite dust
1 part bone meal
3 parts alfalfa hay
2 parts greensand
2 - 4 - 2
4 parts coffee grounds
1 part bone meal
1 part wood ashes
2 - 4 - 2
1 part leather dust
1 part bone meal
3 parts granite dust
2 - 8 - 2
3 parts greensand
2 parts seaweed
1 part dried blood
2 parts phosphate rock
2 - 13 - 2.5
1 part cottonseed meal
2 parts phosphate rock
2 parts seaweed
3.5 - 5.5 - 3.5
2 parts cottonseed meal
1 part colloidal phosphate
2 parts granite dust
2.5 - 6 - 5
1 part dried blood
1 part phosphate rock
4 parts wood ashes
0 - 5 - 4
1 part phosphate rock
3 parts greensand
2 parts wood ashes
3 - 6 - 3
1 part leather dust
1 part phosphate rock
3 parts seaweed
3 - 7 - 5
1 part dried blood
1 part phosphate rock
3 parts wood ashes
3 - 8 - 5
1 part leather dust
1 part phosphate rock
1 part fish scrap
4 parts wood ashes
2.5 - 2.5 - 4
3 parts granite dust
1 part dried blood
1 part bone meal
5 parts seaweed
4 - 5 - 4
2 parts dried blood
1 part phosphate rock
4 parts wood ashes
6 - 8 - 3
2 parts fish scrap
2 parts dried blood
1 part cottonseed meal
1 part wood ashes
1 part phosphate rock
1 part granite dust
Herbal Tea Plant Food
1 t Comfrey leaves
1 t Alfalfa leaves
1 t Nettle leaves
1 Qt boiling water
Steep for 10 min. and let cool until lukewarm. Drain the leaves out and add the lukewarm tea to your plants to keep them healthy and vibrant!
The reason for adding slightly warm tea (or water) to your plants is that they will be able to absorb the needed nutrients more easily by keeping the root pores open verses cold tea (or water) will have a tendency to restrict the pores, meaning a much slower process of absorption.
Comfrey is called knitbone or healing herb. It is high in calcium, potassium and phosphorus, and also rich in vitamins A and C. The nutrients present in comfrey actually assist in the healing process since it contains allantoin.
Alfalfa is one of the most powerful nitrogen - fixers of all the legumes. It is strong in iron and is a good source of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and trace minerals.
Nettles are helpful to stimulate fermentation in compost or manure piles and this helps to break down other organic materials in your planting soil. The plant is said to contain carbonic acid and ammonia which may be the fermentation factor. Nettles are rich in iron and have as much protein as cottonseed meal.
1 t Alfalfa leaves
1 t Nettle leaves
1 Qt boiling water
Steep for 10 min. and let cool until lukewarm. Drain the leaves out and add the lukewarm tea to your plants to keep them healthy and vibrant!
The reason for adding slightly warm tea (or water) to your plants is that they will be able to absorb the needed nutrients more easily by keeping the root pores open verses cold tea (or water) will have a tendency to restrict the pores, meaning a much slower process of absorption.
Comfrey is called knitbone or healing herb. It is high in calcium, potassium and phosphorus, and also rich in vitamins A and C. The nutrients present in comfrey actually assist in the healing process since it contains allantoin.
Alfalfa is one of the most powerful nitrogen - fixers of all the legumes. It is strong in iron and is a good source of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and trace minerals.
Nettles are helpful to stimulate fermentation in compost or manure piles and this helps to break down other organic materials in your planting soil. The plant is said to contain carbonic acid and ammonia which may be the fermentation factor. Nettles are rich in iron and have as much protein as cottonseed meal.
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