soo.. i got some morgonite, they said it was organic but upon reading the lable, it seems like it is sewerage made int a fertilizer! does any one know of this product? and should i use it on my veggies? also what would be a good source of organic phosphourus? the morganite is 6-2-0, and the only thing that i could find that was suppossedly organic in my local, and what about urine as a nitrogen source? any input info would be appreiciated!! thanks peace!
Yeah, it's not "organic" in the strictest sense of the word, and probably doesn't have a USDA organic seal. It's organic in a sense that composted sewage is just as good as compost, however since they treat sewage with so much "shit" it's got traces of all that in there, which I imagine aren't the most organic of chemicals. Urine might work as an N source, but I would worry about ammonia build up. The best bet for some N is "green manure" aka cover cropping. By planting some cover crops that fix the nitrogen in the soil, and then tilling them into the soil and allowing them to decompose you replenish lost nitrogen. Good cover crops for this are: Mustard, Clover, Fenugreek, Lupin or in the winter oats or rye. As for phosphorus sources, bone meal should work well.
thanks for the input tommyhot,slip! igeuss ill just keep it for unedible flowers and grass! i dont get it but i cant find anyone that sells organic around here, witch does not suprise me wear im at but just 30 mi. away is a university and lots of old hippies! youd think someone would sell organics! a well i was just hopeing for a jump start, plenty of manure, its just not composted enugh, poke weed and burdock i cant stand in my garden, i geuss its poop tea and grass clippings! thanks!
You can bury the uncomposted manure a few inches under where you plant. As it decomposes and the roots spread it will feed the plant. Don't forget traditional methods like putting a whole fish or fish head in there with the plants either. It doesn't necessarily need to say "organic" and be packaged to be organic, if you catch my drift.
If you can get hold of a comfrey plant or two to grow in containers (it spreads uncontrollably if not) you will always have a source of plant food. Fill up a watering can to two thirds with comfrey leaves and top up with water. Leave this for a week then top up again and do the same after a further week. At the end of this time you will have wonderful liquid fertilizer. Great for veg, esp anything on a vine.
thanks seabreeze! ive been wanting to get some comfrey for medicinal porpuses, ive also heard mulched kudzu is great any one know anything about that? there is ample supply around here!
I don't know about kudzu, being on the other side of the pond!! seaweed is a great fertilizer and I know you can get it commercially. Very spoilt here we gather it from the beach after a storm and leave it on resting beds over winter under a layer of mulched leaves. Great way of replenishing the soil.
Wood ash is a good source of K if your soil isn't tending towards akaline already, cottonseed meal is available here in the States. Urine can burn, but I see no reason not to pee in your compost pile from time to time.
