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FERTILIZER sa COMPOSTING sa COVER CROP xx GARDENING xx SOIL & SOIL CONDITIONING How to fertilize naturally. A summary of methods from the past which include using fish, ammonia, wood ashes, bone meal, chimney soot, timed-release fertilizers, compost, salt and seaweed, and meals. A look at nitrogen fixation. Covers the role of nitrogen in plants, the origins of soil nitrogen, and symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Questions about applying wood and coal ashes to a garden are answered. The use and application of organic fertilizers. Advantages of testing the pH level of soil and liming to supply nutrients and make other nutrients become more readily available for healthier plants. Foliar feeding helps plants thrive. When and how to add nutrients right where they're needed. Advice on boosting yields with a mid-season feeding. How to determine the fertilizer value of barnyard manure. Tips on using wood ashes and manure tea in your garden. How to improve plant growth with foliar feeding. The do's and don'ts of plant feeding. Wordless Workshop shows how to make a stake to drive holes in the ground around a tree's drip line so fertilizer can be added. How to make a canister that fits on the end of drip irrigation tubing so fertilizer can be delivered to specific plants. A buyer's guide to fertilizers. An explanation of soil testing, fertilizer forms, nutrient formulations, and organic vs. synthetic. Slow-release fertilizers. How they work and how to decide which type suits your plants and soil conditions. Hazards of storing fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides close together. Tip describes using a funnel for applying fertilizer. Advice on fertilizing low-growing plants. Tip recommends using lengths of plastic pipe to get fertilizer down to root zones of deep-rooted plants. How to identify the nutrient that is lacking in your vegetable plants and how to apply a fertilizer to correct the inadequacy. Using lime as a top dressing to neutralize the acidity of fertilizer. Fertilizer guidelines for fruit trees and fruit plants. Tips on using wood stove or fireplace ashes in the garden. Advice on how to use wood ashes in the garden. How to brew oak-leaf tea to feed to acid-loving plants. Nutrient know-how. A summary of the 13 soil elements that are essential to plants, their role in plant growth and the effects of too much. Advice on selecting and applying fertilizer. Information on all-nitrogen fertilizers and where to buy them. How to tell when manure is well-rotted and how to make manure tea with fresh manure. Advice on how to fertilize when there is a weed barrier and stone mulch around shrubs. Diagnostic horticulture. How to measure your soil's fertility and select which organic fertilizer to use. The planning and soil preparation for a summer vegetable garden. Includes tips on overcoming an acid soil pH, organic composting and making a biodegradable insecticide and fertilizer. Bone meal as the perfect fertilizer for tulip bulbs is disputed. A description of foliar feeding and tips for home-garden spraying. Tips on using wood ashes as a garden fertilizer. Into the mouths of herbs. Advice on nutrients needed by herbs. When and how to apply fertilizers. Liquid herbs, a plant-based fertilizer formula. Tips on stimulating (fertilizing) flowering plants during hot weather using coffee grounds, potato peels, or gelatin. Fall fertilizing tips for lawn and shrubs. Chart of organic or natural (chemical-free) fertilizers to use in your garden. How to feed your lawn and garden better for less money. Selecting the correct fertilizer for various uses. Brewing manure tea. Step-by-step instructions. Nitrogen fixation. How to make your legumes more self-sufficient. (1) Examining nodules on plant roots. (2) Inoculate the seed and soil to improve nitrogen fixation. (3) Control the nitrogen levels in the soil. Tip on avoiding over-fertilization of trees when using lawn fertilizer. The pros and cons of using horse manure as fertilizer. Nutrient recycling. Keeping soil fertile through the use of animal manure, cover crops and compost. Fish trimmings, buried in the garden, recommended as a naturally balanced fertilizer. An explanation of what the numbers on fertilizer mean. How to make a comfrey tea fertilizer. An explanation of what guano is and the controversy over its use as a fertilizer. Guidelines for using cow manure in compost or when applied directly to garden soil so E. coli bacteria and other pathogenic organisms will not create a health risk. Manure tea, what it is and how to make a home-garden-size recipe. An explanation of fertilizer bag numbers that represent plant nutrients. Fertilizer au naturel. A general guide to manure and information about manures from specific animals and birds. How to make rabbit manure tea. Fertilizing. Understanding the role of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the garden. An explanation of the nitrogen cycle and how a gardener can assist nature to make it available to plants. How to use seaweed to invigorate plants and enrich the soil. Composting instructions and use of liquid seawed. Fertilizer. Excerpted from "Grow It", a guide to small-scale farming. Convert a 50-gallon steel drum into a manure teapot. Kickabrew grow juice to mix for your plants. A mixture of fish emulsion, kelp, cow manure and water. Make your own garden fertilizer. Treat your garden to a helping of nutrient-rich, natural fertilizer by learning how to make the most of manure. Foliar feeding. How nutrient leaf sprays can boost your gardens health and productivity. When and how to apply liquid fertilizer to plant leaves. Grow powder. Understanding natural soil amendments so you can mix up a batch of fertilizer that's "personalized" for your needs. How to use your wood ashes as garden fertilizer. It is an excellent source of potash and calcium carbonate. Tips on mixing organic fertilizer. How to use chicken manure in a garden. A description of a program to enrich the fertility of orchard soil. How to apply "manure tea" fertilizer to a garden with a homemade drip irrigation system. A look at using sewage sludge in the garden. How to avoid sludge with heavy metal content and tips on sludge application. A look at how to use seaweed, shells and fish scraps as garden fertilizer. A description of using fish as garden fertilizer. How to make manure tea. A look at what to feed your vegetables, fruit trees and shrubs during midsummer to increase their yield. A look at the value of bone meal as a fertilizer and suggestions for recycling meat bones by grinding your own bone meal. How to use manure as a source of plant nutrients. How to locate free manure. A look at greensand as a fertilizer. How to grow disease-resistant plants by maintaining a proper potash-nitrogen balance in your soil. A look at the benefits of wood ashes in the garden. How to make compost (manure) tea and a water barrel to store it in for easy feeding. Choosing and using manure. How to stockpile wood ashes for use as garden fertilizer. Tip: Use the water from fish aquariums as a plant food. Leaf feedings for stressed plants. How to mix and apply leaf sprays of seaweed and manure tea to give your plants a needed boost. An organic scavenger. Tips on collecting and using leaves, grass clippings, manures, wood chips and spoiled hay. Using fresh manure in the garden. Some tips. Adding organic matter to soil is the best way to improve a garden. How to provide adequate potash for your plants. Tips on fertilizing grass, organically. Some tips on using fish emulsion as fertilizer. Tip: Human hair is a good source of nitrogen for the garden. Using phosphorous, a main ingredient in fertilizer. Brown gold. The rewards of manuring and how to reap them. Understanding organic fertilizers. Includes six formulas for all-purpose fertilizers. Human hair clippings recommended as nitrogen supplement for the soil. Building soil with bonemeal. Insert tells how to make your own bonemeal from waste meat bones. An explanation of the disadvantages to using synthetic plant foods in the garden. Tip: Use crushed eggshells as a "free" source for calcium. Tips on fertilizing houseplants. How to make your own fish emulsion to fertilize plants. An explanation of the ingredients in packaged organic and natural fertilizers. A recipe for two homemade fertilizer blends (a high-growth spring treatment and one for blooms, fruits and roots). Tip describes how to use plastic 2-liter soda bottles to direct manure tea or water right to the roots of heavy-feeders. Advice on the use of bonemeal for fertilizing tulip and daffodil bulbs. Advice on organic fertilizers for houseplants. Information on methanol foliar spraying for water-stressed plants in need of carbon. Advice on using environmentally benign lime in the garden. An explanation of when and how to apply foliar spray fertilizers. Formula for a "sun tea" fertilizer made from water and goat (or other animal) droppings. Using tree leaves as mulch, fertilizer and soil-builder. Recipe for nitrogen-rich liquid fertilizer made from seaweed. A guide to organic fertilizers. How to take care of problems revealed by soil tests. Advice on how to incorporate coffee grounds into the garden as fertilizer. Seafood sprays for foliar feeding of plants. How to brew manure tea. Fertilizer facts and folklore. Foliar feeding. A guide to fertilizing plants through their leaves, the fastest way to supply nutrients to a plant. A guide to reading the labels on liquid fertilizers. Tips on getting controlled-release fertilizers to work as they're supposed to by providing contact with moisture. A look at liquid lawn fertilizers and how to apply them. The facts on fertilizer. What works best, how much to use and when to apply it for healthy lawns, trees and flowers. A brief look at which fertilizers are best for houseplants. | |||||||||
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