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Any advice on Kelp Meal and Soil Mixtures

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growit1234

I’m thinking about using kelp meal along with blood and bone meal in my outdoor soil mixture.

I am starting with black soil from the local farm land of the area and adding perlite and sand for aeration. I would like to add earthworm castings, composted chicken manure, blood, bone, and kelp meal for nutrients. I will also add Schultz Moisture Plus™ Watering Crystals.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the amount of these ingredients I should use and how long I should let the soil sit before using it so its not to hot for the plants.

Any advice will help thank you
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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.
Below are various "recipes" for both organic fertilizers and organic soil mixes.



2 parts blood meal
3 parts fish meal Phosphorous
3 parts bone meal
6 parts rock phosphate or colloidal phosphate Potassium
1 part kelp meal
6 parts green sand
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source: Rodale Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening


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More Organic Fertilizer Mixes



2 - 3.5 - 2.5
1 part bone meal
3 parts alfalfa hay
2 parts green sand

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 green sand
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 green sand
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

courtesy of Organic Plant Care of New Hampshire
 

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