One of the first steps when planting is to access your soil nutrient levels. If you haven’t already, get a soil test at your local soil test lab. This will show you the nutrient levels you are lacking the rate at which nutrient you should apply to obtain the right levels. The main essential nutrients in your soil are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium or NPK to easily remember. The other essential nutrients are what is naturally in the air around you, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. Nitrogen is the most important nutrient in your soil and is the most commonly lacking nutrient in garden soils. For a community gardener this is big as funding and space is often short. Thus I bring you The Top 7 Organic Fertilizers for your garden to improve nitrogen levels.
The plethora of organic fertilizers on the market is wonderful and more than likely you will probably end up mixing multiple fertilizers to achieve the best nitrogen levels for your soils. Don't be afraid to play around and have fun with experimenting. This is also a great math lesson idea! You can have middle or high schoolers figure out, based on your soil test report what amounts of fertilizer should be added. We would love to see how your different fertilizer methods worked or didn't work, don't forget to tag us so we can see! Happy gardening, CS
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.Did someone say free seeds? We did! In preparation for the School Garden Conference just a month away we will be giving away seeds in partnership with Lowes to any schools or members attending the conference. We have a wide variety of seeds to choose from including perennial flowers and cool and warn season crops. If you or your school are interested, send an email to [email protected]. We hope to see you all at the conference! |