Apparently not always
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hmmā¦ i have eco scraps citrus fertilizer i got from a discount store ive been using on my potted citrus. guess thats going in the garbage. need to repot them so i guess this is a good time to replace the soil theyre in. thanks for the post Drew!
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I was surprised. I have been using a time released product but Milorganite for my grass. Those are dangerous chemicals. One thing though that confuses me is they say the chemical build up in our body yet they are finding them in human waste, which makes no sense? Maybe we slowly pass them?
Anyway the chemicals are certainly worth avoiding. I wonder how Espoma products rate? None tested it appears.
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espoma doesnt have the extra ingredient of compost in the list. looking at the ecoscraps bag, thats the difference. the compost is the culprit in there. composted what? doesnt say. if they removed that the other ingredients are safe like feather , blood and bone meal.
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We have that stuff in our well water. The local airport used it decades ago on a plane crash and training. They started detecting it at a big city well a few years back and its made its way down stream. My brother use to spray that stuff when he worked at an airport (training). I put GAC filters on hot/cold and RO on drinking water. I water my plants a lot so i hope activated carbon removes most of it.
I think that stuff is about everywhere. Donāt they find it in almost all breast milk?
I look for things that are OMRI certified. I donāt buy local comfort that the city collects as yard waste because I donāt want who knows what from other peopleās yards.
I want to know the source of fertilizers as I donāt want arsenic from big chicken producers either.
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I canāt afford OMRI certified, Iām sticking to chemicals. At least I know what they are. The new slow release methods are pretty cool, and I have had good luck with them. Avoids run off too.
This year Iām trying this product.
Iām also growing corn this year so bought this too. The extra Iāll use on other plants, has an excellent NPK and micro ratios.
- A dry granular, slow release product
- Contains micro-nutrients, secondary nutrients, and minerals.
- Includes humates, microbes, and probiotics
- Contains multiple sources of calcium
- Contains zero pesticides, insecticides, herbicides
- Contains no GMO ingredients or fillers
- Products are naturally mined in the USA
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It is not only āhumane wasteā in the bio-solids. Same way goes everything people spill into their sinks and toilets - chemicals of different originsā¦
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Yepā¦and the same may be drank by residents of 50 or more cities on the route to Gulf of Mexico!
how much is needed say a potted blueberry plant? NPK ratio?
To a large degree āorganicā has been watered down to a marketing gimmick.
I donāt think it was ever meant to mean safer to humans, but whomever is selling you the āorganicā moniker is quite happy if that makes you spend your money their way. Cyanide, Arsenic, Anthrax, they are all very natural and organic compounds found in the wild.
Peat moss is organic, it is questionable if the harvesting is environmentally sound or sustainable. Guano is a similar product. It is not the organic nature, but the way by which it is regulated and collected, that decides whether it is an ecological disaster (destruction and disruption of sea bird habitat) or a sustainable enterprise.
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Very little. Plants in the ground require a ton more fertilizer to compensate from it leaching away into the surrounding soil. Plants in containers need about 1/6th the amount.
Your best bet is to buy an acid loving fertilizer and follow the directions on the label.
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I use some OMRI listed, but mainly I make my own (we have chickens, cow and a horse), use fish caught from a friends pond, and fermented glass clippings. Iām not surprised by the findings of the article.
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Iām only surprised you guys are surprised by this. Who ever thought milorganite wasnāt the fertilizer version of soilant green?
Wait till yāall find out where your zinc comes from
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soilant green 
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Iām gonna rebrand it as I canāt believe itās not meat itās impossible 
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Reminds me of that Johnny Depp movieā¦ the secret windowā¦
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Blueberries donāt like the nitrate form of nitrogen so I use peters for acid loving plants or miracle grow for acid plants or hollytone. You can use hollytone on anything.
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i use hollytone and miracid. easily available here and has worked so far.
Well yes I do find it surprising. A way exists to destroy these dangerous molecules. We just have not discovered it yet.
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