Wolfganggrows
Member
Need help to organically grow my organic plants. 
What are good substitutes for N-P-K?
Keep it cheap!
What are good substitutes for N-P-K?
Keep it cheap!
Substitute to N-P-K nutrients in soil?
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Wolfganggrows
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Alright, thanks man! Could I order, kelp(dried), worm casting, etc. online?
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I'm not sure, but you probably can. Where are you? Most any garden centers will have these.
Wolfganggrows
Member
Arizona, USA, mate! Home Depot within 5 miles. Lowes Home Improvement within 15.
That will work. Just try there garden area.
Wolfganggrows
Member
Alright, thanks man!
cowboylogic
Well-Known Member
There are no substutitutions for NPK, micros or trace elements. You have synthetic choices and organic choice. Still NPK...Garden Tone from Epsoma is a good organic choice. Pretty complete and you can get it at Homedepot.
snew
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I agree. I've found Epsoma line of products to be quality at a good price. It is the only "fertilizer" I use. Everything else is is raw material. Best bang for the buck in organics.
Wolfganggrows
Member
Alright, I'll try that.
Nullis
Moderator
Espoma does make good affordable and organic/all natural products. All of the '-Tone' products are essentially the same ingredients (hydrolyzed feather meal, pasteurized poultry manure, cocoa meal, bone meal, alfalfa meal, greensand, humates, sulfate of potash, and sulfate of potash magnesia) although the nutrient ratios vary. They all have beneficial bacteria, and the Bio-Tone Starter Plus has several strains of endo and ecto mycorrhizal fungi.
The bags of Bio-Tone are smaller and actually a little cheaper than say the Garden-Tone. I even use the Bio-Tone for tea brewing because of the variety in the ingredients; along with earthworm castings, bat & seabird guano, kelp and molasses or Earth Juice Catalyst bubbled for 24-48 hours in a warm place.
The bags of Bio-Tone are smaller and actually a little cheaper than say the Garden-Tone. I even use the Bio-Tone for tea brewing because of the variety in the ingredients; along with earthworm castings, bat & seabird guano, kelp and molasses or Earth Juice Catalyst bubbled for 24-48 hours in a warm place.
Wolfganggrows
Member
Could I get Bio-tone at any Home Depot?
cowboylogic
Well-Known Member
Yep Nullis. Teas, topdress, mix into medium before planting ect... The products are versatile and affordable.
kingofqueen
Well-Known Member
+rep on that one , I have been eying the espoma products . I dont like there dolomite though it's pelletized , I started using Hi-Yield dolomte I found its pulverized and cheap .
kingofqueen
Well-Known Member
Ace-Hardware stocks more espoma products then HD in my area . Espoma is my second choice ,1st choice is FoxFarms Peace of MINd lots of beneficials , guanos , ewc everythings in it . You should try some Nurserys in your area , here the Nurserys stock better stuff than any other store .Thats where I found POM .
Brick Top
New Member
You can find the individual N P K ratings for various organic things used in making your own ferts here.
It will tell you what the things listed below will each give in you in N or P or K so you can try to put together a proper ratio ... that is if you do not come across a good recipe to go with.
Blood meal
Bone meal
Blood/bone meal
Cottonseed meal
Fish meal
Hoof and bone meal
Rock phosphate
Wood ash
Greensand
http://www.indoormarijuanaseeds.com/growing-marijuana-indoors/soil-and-containers.html
It will tell you what the things listed below will each give in you in N or P or K so you can try to put together a proper ratio ... that is if you do not come across a good recipe to go with.
Blood meal
Bone meal
Blood/bone meal
Cottonseed meal
Fish meal
Hoof and bone meal
Rock phosphate
Wood ash
Greensand
http://www.indoormarijuanaseeds.com/growing-marijuana-indoors/soil-and-containers.html
Wolfganggrows
Member
I have an Ace-Hardware in my town, I'll check there too.
vivalaboss
Well-Known Member
ya i can attest to the Espoma Bio-tone... i just took scotts regular top soil and mixed the Bio-tone with it and damn my plants stay healthy throughout the entire grow!!! all i do is water em regularly and feed the soil some molasses once or twice a week and its frickin great....i love all the beneficial bacterias and mycorrhizae it has in it..really livens up the soil and plants seem to LOVE it!!
vivalaboss
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i also add Alaska Morbloom 0-10-10 at the beginning of flowering to help boost budding, forgot to mention that before, and so far its all been a pretty good combo...