Greensand, Azomite, and Rockdust question. - Daves Garden I do plan on adding compost to it when the compost is ready I will be making 2 raised beds as well I plan on buying a top soil from a nursery I just mainly wanted to amend the sand or whatever you want to call my "soil" that will be underneath the topsoil I was thinking about mixing the top soil with my "soil" and either Azomite or greensand
Vegetable Gardening:Green sand, how much to use? - Daves Garden In his book "The New Organic Grower" (on page 109), Eliot Coleman recommends 1 to 2 tons per acre (roughly 5# to 10# per 100 square feet) as an initial application (depending on soil conditions), followed by periodic reapplications of 0 5 tons acre in years 2, 6,10,
4 Little Used Soil Amendments that Make a Big Difference - Daves Garden Known as greensand or glauconite, it is full of potassium, iron and magnesium along with about 30 other trace minerals Gardeners use it to improve fertility and composition of their garden soil Greensand helps loosen clay soils and it also improves water retention in sandy, fast-draining soils
Roses:Green sand? - Daves Garden I think one of the big benefits of Greensand is its slow release of nutrients, another is a huge (almost 80%) supply of trace minerals One application will continue to release into the soil for many months (I also remember something about it boosting the microbiological activity in the soil ) Here is some additional information
Organic Gardening:where to buy green sand - Daves Garden pennefeather,greensands primary benifit is 7% potash plus 32 trace minerals,iam making fertilizer,the good stuff,2 parts bloodmeal,3 parts bonemeal,6 parts greensand you can mix and match 1 from each group,Nitrogen 2 parts bloodmeal or 3 parts fish meal
The Fertrell Company - Daves Garden I have used a number of Fertrell products obtained through my local dealer over the last six years including Holly Care, rock phosphate, greensand, lawn fertilizers, and kelp I have been 100% satisfied with all of them I recently moved to SC and have recommended to a local garden center that they carry Fertrell products
Green Sand - Sandy Soil and Ericaceae - Daves Garden I just havn't ever used greensand Because my soil is so extremely sandy I'm always looking for things to help bind the soil, besides the usual compost, peat, chopped oak leaves and anything else I can work in
Organic Gardening:Soil too alkaline - Daves Garden Greensand used in excess can raise pH, but is wonderful to add in small amounts for trace elements and potassium High pH by itself doesn't usually hurt the plant, but as the pH increases many nutrients are unsoluble and therefore unavailable to the plant Usually these are iron, zinc, manganese, copper, boron and phosphorus