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Fertilizer | N | P | K | Remarks |
Blood | 10 | 1.5 | 0 | A very rapidly-available organic fertilizer |
Fish scrap | 9 | 7 | 0 | Do not confuse with fish emulsives which are generally quite low in fertilizer content |
Guano, bat | 6 | 9 | 3 | Partially decomposed bat manure from caves |
Guano, bird | 13 | 11 | 3 | Partially decomposed bird manure from islands off coast |
Kelp or seaweed | 1 | 0.5 | 9 | |
Bone Meal, raw | 4 | 22 | 0 | Main value is nitrogen since most of the phosphorus is not soluble |
Bone Meal, steamed | 2 | 27 | 0 | As a result of steaming under pressure, some nitrogen is lost, but more phosphorus is soluble for use by plants |
Cocoa shell | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | Primarily a conditioner for complete fertilizers |
Cotton seed meal | 6 | 2.5 | 2 | Generally very acid; useful in alkaline soils |
Hoof and horn meal | 14 | 0 | 0 | The steam-treated and ground material is a rather quickly- available source of nitrogen |
Cattle manure | 0.5 | 0. | 0.5 | Improves soil structure. |
Chicken manure | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | Careful! Burns plants easily. |
Horse manure | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | Improves soil structure. |
Sheep manure | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |
Swine manure | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
Manure (spent) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Oyster shells | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | Because of their alkalinity, oyster shells are best used for raising pH rather than as a fertilizer |
Peat (reed or sedge) | 2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Best used as a soil conditioner rather than as a fertilizer; breaks down too rapidly |
Rice hulls (ground) | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
Sewage sludge | 2 | 1 | 1 | Examples of activated sludge are Milorganite (Milwaukee, WI) ,ÊHu-Acinite, (Houston, TX) ,Chicagrow (Chicago, IL) and Nitroganic (Pasadena, CA) |
Sewage (activated) | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
Cocoa tankage | 4 | 1.5 | 2 | |
Garbage tankage | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Process tankage | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
Wood ashes | 0 | 2 | 6 | Quite alkaline; do not use on high pH soils |