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Old 10-08-2008, 05:33 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Soil conditioner

Black Kow is now 90%+ Silica (sand) the organics leach quickly as they are very fine.

Take 20 lbs, toss it in a five gallon bucket for 20 minutes with water running, you will have ash tray sand in short order.

The best ammendments are top-dress organics. Plants respond to these for many months. Try a quality worm casting, vermi-compost or simply learn to compost and add quality minerals.

If you need to adjust your PH up or down, do so naturally.

Plants, all plants respond far better to a balanced diet than coca-cola synthetics over the long run.

Add some Peat Moss, FE + S and some Sulfur, your water will likely drag it back up, so top dress with 22% Fe + S 9% and this will compensate for 100 days as a leachaette.

Pine bark works very well and has a high carbon / nitrogen ratio. Not the big nuggets, but a ground/coarse mix. You can mix it into the first couple of inches and it will leach over about 18 months. I'd start with 20% and test the PH at increments, your plants will grow much better this way.

Good Luck~!
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