Organic Potting/Starting Mixes

http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/potmix.pdf

scroll down to page 16 for four pages of recipes! very good info throughout though, well worth reading.

i was amazed at all the publications regarding sustainable growing that are available at this site. you don't have to print them all out, you can request them FREE from www.ATTRA.org or 1-800-346-9140 they want to hear from you!

This message was edited Aug 18, 2005 12:35 PM

Thanks! Very interesting and useful site.

did i mention theses pubilications are FREE for the asking? no more using up your ink cartridges LOL

i have requested several. my first package came in the mail promptly, along with a letter of introduction, & an introductory publication, & a LIST of other FREE GARDENING/FARMING PUBLICATIONS!!!

if we don't use our free gov't services, they are at risk of having their funding yanked! go ahead, your tax dollars paid for it already!

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time to read this

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I was ask about six months ago to to try a new product that Turf Pro is coming out with. It is fine dry product that they are going to start marketing within the month. It comes from a natural deposit Humic Acid they are mining in South Center Georgia. The burn test they ran in pounds per ton and follows:
916 lbs water
55.40lbs Mineral Matter
1028.60lbs Lost by ignition

It has a carbon to nitrogen ratio on 25.63 to one.

The results I am getting on small potted starters of roses, orchids, bulbs and various types small bushes and trees has been fantastic. I am using a dried commercial type potting soil.

Thanks, I will do some research on how to do organic gardening at that site. I keep sitting on the fence, I want to use organic methods, but then sometimes get peronoid with some insects or take the "easy way?" and use chemicals. I was so impressed when I found out that The Antique Rose Emporium in San Antonio uses organic methods. If they can do it in a huge garden/nursery like that surely I can do it too.

Thanks for this info.I will contact them about getting their hand outs.

just bumping this info up...