----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: Organic Inputs
> Hi all > > Was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for some info > needed for an exam. It's a soil exam and I'm soooo tired of costing out > their NPK, understandable they want their land managers to know how to > calculate amounts, but their fertilisers are not something I want to work > with. Therefore I need % breakdowns of constituents for this exercise. I > realise this may be difficult to apply to BD, but other organic inputs would > work well. If anyone knows where I can get such breakdowns I'd like to > follow through this exam as ecologically as possible. > > Thanks for your time > > L&L > Liz > Hi Liz This is what I use on for an intensive flower growing operation. Fish 6-5-5 N.P.K Seaweed. 1.5 -.5- 2.5 Feldspar 0 - 0 - 9 Horse .7 -.2 -.4 Poultry 1.3 - .7 - .7 Cow .5-0.3-0.7 Blood and Bone meal 7-7-0 Rock dust 0-0.52-1.1 - Mg 5.9- Na 2.2Trace elements PHosphate soft 0-2-0 Greensand [glauconite] 7%K The products i use in Non toxic CEC soil balancing Calcium 36% Gypsum 23% Ca 18% S Calcium Nitrate 15-0-0-19Ca Sulphate Potash 0-0-50 Sulphate Ammonia 21-0-0-24S Do you want the formula for Fertiliser Requirement Calculations using "Base Saturation" Data Some of these values do change a point or two depending on what book you are reading. If you get a chance read the following books > >For further research read > >Non_Toxic Farming Handbook by Philip Wheeler and Ronald Ward. > >Science in Agriculture by Arden Anderson > >Farming in the 21st Century by Dan Skow > >Source of books Acres USA web site http://www.acresusa.com > > Best wishes with your exams Cheers Tony Robinson
