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Darren C (Team Big-N-Orange)

Omaha, Ne.

If only you could use 5 amendments what would you chose

12/22/2011 4:36:54 PM

WiZZy

Little-TON - Colorado

Manure Chicken\
Humic
Seaweed
Fish
Myco

12/22/2011 5:22:35 PM

Pumpkin Shepherd

Georgetown, Ontario

Mushroom compost
gypsum
seaweed
humic acid
Myke

12/22/2011 5:40:05 PM

Joze (Joe Ailts)

Deer Park, WI

The five suggested by my soil test report.

12/22/2011 6:55:47 PM

Smallmouth

Upa Creek, MO

1) more than 5 hours of sunlight a day, but not happening
2) Mycos
3) liquid gypsum (essential for the clay based soil here)
4) Neptunes fish\seaweed
5) Mississippi River dirt\compost\black gold mix I used last year

12/22/2011 7:02:10 PM

Orangeneck (Team HAMMER)

Eastern Pennsylvania

Attention
Mushroom soil
Gypsum
Cow manure
Mulched leaves

12/22/2011 11:48:22 PM

OkieGal

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Horse, well composted and solarized
Gypsum (we have heavy clay and poor calcium)
Myco
Azos
Pond sludge (contains all sorts of fishNseaweed type goodies)

#6, my own sweat (from weeding and tending)

12/23/2011 1:58:43 AM

Farmer Ben

Hinckley MN


1 any readily available manure for slow release nitrogen
2 lime and gypsum for calcium
3 kelp meal for micro nutrients
4 mycorhizal product of your choice
5 any other organic matter you can find.


6 wood ashes..it has to go somewhere and it has calcium, phsphorus, and micronutrients.

12/23/2011 2:00:38 PM

Darren C (Team Big-N-Orange)

Omaha, Ne.

Looks to be some that don't want to give away any secrets. Thanks to the ones that do. Thanks to the ones that I'll have to squeeze them out one word at a time lol.

12/24/2011 12:17:46 PM

Bubba Presley

Muddy Waters

Great white Mycorrhizae
Aragomite
Azomite
Kelpmeal
sulfur

12/24/2011 1:35:41 PM

Bubba Presley

Muddy Waters

compost for sure is that a amendment??

12/24/2011 1:36:51 PM

Richard

Minnesota

Fresh fish to blend into emulsion
Fresh seaweed to make my own seaweed fertilizer
Mycorhizal
Compost
Manure

12/24/2011 2:24:14 PM

Farmer Ben

Hinckley MN

Correction:
wood ashes are high in potassium and calcium. you can even leach Potassium hydroxide (KOH) from wood ashed for soap making.

12/26/2011 6:51:21 PM

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