Organic Plant Fertilizers

Here are some of the most common organic fertilizers:

• Manure is rich in a wide range of plant nutrients. Also, it adds to soil structure.

• Fish Emulsion is rich in nutrients. Gardeners have used fish remains for hundreds of years, with great success.

• Compost is a well-recognized natural fertilizer and soil amendment.

• Compost Tea is a liquid runoff from the composting process. Use it to replace chemical liquid fertilizers for home gardens. Put some on your houseplants, too.

• Cover crops  – After your gardening season is over, plant cover crops.  Grow annual ryegrass and other annual crops. Till plants, sometimes called Fodder crops,  into the soil in the spring. They replenish nitrogen and other minerals in your soil.

• Worm Castings, or Vermicompost – Worms ingest plant matter and excrete worm castings, a mineral-rich soil additive.

• Bat Guano is rich manure that gardeners covet for great crops.

• Epsom Salts are commonly used to put magnesium and sulfur into the soil. Promotes bushier growth and more flowers.

• Molasses and Honey in small amounts feeds microorganisms in the soil.

• Fish Fertilizer is High in nutrients, micro-nutrients, and minerals

• Seaweed Fertilizer is packed with major and minor nutrients and amino acids, organic gardeners use this to stimulate plant growth.

Did you Know? Inexpensive, organic rabbit food pellets are made up of nitrogen and phosphorus-rich alfalfa. It also contains triacontanol, which stimulates plant cell division and growth. You can sprinkle it around your plants as a fertilizer!