All-in-One Soil Nutrient Pack 2.5-3.5-1 - Water-Only Soil Amendment
All-in-One Soil Nutrient Pack 2.5-3.5-1 - Water-Only Soil Amendment
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Summary
Summary
Make your own rich, living soil with the All-in-One Soil Nutrient Pack, a blend of natural meals, rock minerals and plant-based seed cakes. Mix it with peat moss, compost and perlite, and plants can grow from seedling to harvest for up to 6 months with nothing but water.
With a guaranteed analysis of 2.5-3.5-1 and 10% calcium, it's also an easy way to build water-only living soil or top-dress existing beds
For mixing new soil, we recommend adding ~1/2 cup per gallon of base mix.
The Nutrient Pack holds the complete nutrient and mineral blend used in a premium soil mix, without the bulky base ingredients. Instead of paying to ship heavy bags of soil, you buy peat moss, compost and perlite or pumice locally, then add the Nutrient Pack to turn them into ready-to-grow living soil. Because soil life releases the nutrients slowly rather than all at once, a properly mixed soil can feed plants for months on plain water, with less risk of salt buildup or fertilizer burn than repeated liquid feeding. After harvest, re-amend the same soil and use it again season after season.
Alfalfa, fish, feather and crustacean meals supply nitrogen, most of it in a water-insoluble form that soil microbes break down gradually. Fish bone meal and soft rock phosphate provide phosphorus for strong roots and blooms, while kelp meal and potassium sulfate add potassium. Oyster shell flour, gypsum and lime supply 10% calcium for strong cell walls and healthy fruit.
Basalt and glacial rock dust add a broad range of trace minerals, and neem and karanja cakes, pressed from the seeds of neem and karanja trees, contribute plant-based nitrogen and organic matter. The formula contains no manures, no guanos, no synthetic chemicals and no fillers, and it has been independently tested for heavy metals, with lead, cadmium and mercury not detected.
Features & Benefits:
- All-in-one blend of natural meals, rock minerals and plant-based seed cakes
- Guaranteed analysis of 2.5-3.5-1 with 10% calcium
- Mix with peat moss, compost and perlite to make living soil that needs only water
- Feeds plants from seedling to harvest for up to 6 months
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Slow-release nutrients cycled by soil life, with less risk of salt buildup or burn.
- No manures, guanos, synthetic chemicals or fillers
- Independently tested for heavy metals
- Saves on shipping: buy bulky soil ingredients locally
- Re-amend and reuse your soil season after season
- Also works as a top-dress for containers and garden beds
Ideal For:
- Raised beds
- Containers and grow bags
- Vegetable gardens
- Tomatoes, peppers and other fruiting crops
- Herbs and flowers
- Indoor growing
- Reusing potting soil
- Living soil and no-till gardening
Application:
To make water-only living soil: Combine roughly 45% peat moss, 35% aeration (perlite, pumice or lava rock) and 20% compost or worm castings. Add about 1/2 cup of Nutrient Pack per gallon of mix (about 3 1/2 cups per cubic foot).
- 3.2 lb pack (makes about 11 gallons of soil): 5 gallons peat moss, 4 gallons aeration and 2 gallons compost or worm castings
- 14 lb pack (makes about 45 gallons of soil): 20 gallons peat moss, 16 gallons aeration and 9 gallons compost or worm castings
- Mix everything thoroughly on a tarp, in a wheelbarrow or in a kiddie pool.
- Water to field capacity: when you squeeze a handful firmly, only a drop or two of water should come out.
- Turn the mix the next day, then every other day for 7 to 14 days. It will warm up as it breaks down. Plant once it has cooled to the surrounding temperature.
To reuse soil after harvest: For each gallon of used soil, mix in 0.8 to 1.6 oz of the Nutrient Pack (about 1 1/4 to 2 1/2 tablespoons), plus about 5 oz each of compost or worm castings and perlite or pumice. Moisten thoroughly and wait 24 to 48 hours before planting.
To top-dress nutrient-poor soil: Sprinkle 1 cup per 10 gallons of soil in containers, or 1/2 cup per square foot in garden beds. Scratch lightly into the surface and water thoroughly. Repeat every 14 days as needed, adjusting the amount to plant size, growth stage and health.
Watering: Keep soil evenly moist, close to field capacity. If you want to feed plants more, use other fertilizers at 1/4 of their usual rate.
Note: This blend contains lime to balance pH, so it isn't suited to acid-loving plants like blueberries, azaleas and rhododendrons. The mix is dusty and has a slight fishy smell, so wear gloves and a dust mask when mixing, and store the bag sealed and away from pets.
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