Here's another good source of information I have stumbled across and

thought might help out.

Organic Nutrient List

Manures
Duck manure N= 0.6 P= 1.4 K= 0.5
Chicken manure N= 1.1 P= 0.8 K= 0.5 comments- Fast acting, breaks
down quickest of all manures. Use carefully, may burn. Also, stinks like
hell - composting definitely recommended.
Steer manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.4 comments- Often contains weed
seeds, should be hot composted if fresh.
Cow manure (dairy) N= 0.6 P= 0.2 K= 0.5 comments- Often contains
weed seeds, should be hot composted.
Rabbit manure N= 2.4 P= 1.4 K= 0.6 comments- Most concentrated of
animal manures in fresh form.
Horse manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.6 comments- Medium breakdown
time.
Sheep manure N= 0.7 P= 0.3 K= 0.9
Worm castings N= 0.5 P= 0.5 K= 0.3 comments- 50% organic
material plus 11 trace minerals. Great for seedlings, will not burn. Is a
form of compost, so doesn't need composting.
Desert Bat Guano N= 8 P= 4 K= 1 comments- Also contains trace
elements. Fast-acting, mix in soil or as tea (1 C guano to 5 gal. water).
Fossilized Seabird Guano N= 1 P= 10 K= 1 comments- Slow release
over 3 to 12 weeks, best used as an addition to potting mix.
Cave Bat Guano N= 3 P= 10 K= 1
Peruvian Seabird Guano (pelletized) N= 12 P= 12 K= 2.5 commentsLegendary fertilizer of the Incas. Use in soil as a long lasting fertilizer,
or make into tea (1 tsp pellets to 1 gallon water.

Note: it is recommended to first compost any fresh manure before you

use it for 2 reasons:
1. to lessen the chance of harmful pathogens.
2. to break down the manure to make it more usable to the plant (and
reduce the smell!)
The rates for pig or human manure are not listed because of the high
rate of harmful pathogens they contain.
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Organic Meals
Blood Meal N= 11 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Highest N of all organic
sources, very fast acting if made into tea.
Bone Meal (steamed) N= 1 P= 11 K= 0 comments- Releases nutrients
slowly. Caution: European farmers should not use because of the risk
of spreading Mad Cow Disease; growers elsewhere may face the same
issue.
Cottonseed Meal N= 6 P= 2.5 K= 1.5 comments- If farming
organically, check the source. May be heavily treated with pesticides.
Coffee Grounds N= 2 P= 0.3 K= 0.2 comments- Highly acidic, best for
use in alkaline soils.
Soybean Meal N= 7 P= 0.5 K= 2.5
Kelp Meal N= 1 P= 0.5 K= 2.5 comments- Provides 60 trace elements,
plus growth-promoting hormones and enzymes.
Fish Emulsion N= 4 P= 1 K= 1 comments- Also adds 5% sulfur. Good
N source for seedlings, won't burn.
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Minerals

Greensand N= 0 P= 1.5 K= 7 comments- Mined from old ocean

deposits; used as soil conditioner; it holds water and is high in iron,
magnesium, and silica - 32 trace minerals in all.

Eggshells N= 1.2 P= 0.4 K= 0.1 comments- Contais calcium plus trace

minerals. Dry first, then grind to powder.
Limestone (calcitic) N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Raises pH, 65-80%
calcium, 3-15% magnesium.
Limestone (dolomitic) N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Raises pH, 51%
calcium and 40% magnesium.
Crustacean Shells N= 4.6 P= 3.52 K= 0 comments- Contain large
amounts of lime. Should be ground as finely as possible for best
results.
Wood Ashes N= 0 P= 1.5 K= 7 comments- Very fast acting and highly
alkaline (usually used to raise pH). Contains many micronutrients.
Crushed Granite N= 0 P= 0 K= 5 comments- Contains 67% silicas and
19 trace minerals. Slow release over a long period of time.
Rock Phosphate N= 0 P= 3 K= 0 comments- Contains 11 trace
minerals. Slow release over a long period of time.
Epsom Salts N= 0 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Provides Mg and acts as a
balancer.
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Soil Amendments and Organic Material

Cornstalks N= 0.75 P= 0.4 K= 0.9 comments- Break down slowly;
excellent soil conditioner. Should be shredded.
Feathers N= 15 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Chop or shred finely for best
results.
Hair N= 14 P= 0 K= 0 comments- Good soil conditioner, oils break
down slowly. Chop or shred finely for best results.
Sources include: Rodale Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, The
Deluxe Marijuana Growers Guide (Frank and Rosenthal)

Organic Fertilizers - Composition

Organic soil composition involves creating a soil medium that has a

balanced amount of nutrients - NPK as well as trace elements and

minerals - plus organic material that provides food for not only the
plant, but also the countless soil microorganisms, fungi, worms, and
bacteria that comprise a healthy soil. This soil life breaks down the raw
materials of the fertilizers you add so the plants can absorb them, and
also plays a part in as-yet undefined processes that aid plant growth
and improve soil health.

Plant Based

Alfalfa meal 3-0.5-3 Ca 8 Mg 0.3 S 0.1

Corn gluten 9-0-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 s 0
Cottenseed meal 7-2.5-1.5-1.5 Ca 0.5 Mg 1 S 0.2
Soybean meal 7-1.2-1.5-0.4 Ca 0.4 Mg 0.3 S 0.2
Seaweed 0.7-0.8-5 Ca 0.2 Mg 0.1 S 0
Wood Ash 0-2-6 Ca 20 Mg 1 S 0
Kelp Meal 1-0-2
Potash 0-0-30

Animal Based
Blood meal 15-3-0 Ca 0.3 MG 0 S 0 some are 12-0-0
Bonemeal 3.5-22-0 Ca 22 MG 0.6 S 0.2
Feathermeal 15-0-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 0.0
Fish Products 10-6-0 Ca 6 Mg 0.2 S 0.2
Bonechar 0-16-0
Alask fish fert 5-1-1
Neptunes harvest 2-3-1

Mined Minerals

Granite dust 0-0-4 Ca 0 MG 0 S 0

Greensand 0-1-8 Ca 0.5 Mg 3 S 0.1
Gypsum 0-0-0.5 Ca 22 Mg 0.4 S 17
Langbeinite 0-0-22 Ca 0 Mg 18 S 27
Dolomitic Lime 0-0-0 Ca 25 MG 9 S 0.3
Calcitic Lime 0-0-0.3 Ca 32 MG 3 S 0.1
Rock Phosphate 0-25-0 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 10
Zeolite 0-0-3.2 Ca 2.5 Ca 2.5 S 0
Azomite 70 trace minerals from A-Z

Recycled Materials
Coffee grounds 2-.3-.3 Ca .1 Mg .1 S 0
Grass clippings 4-1-3 Ca 8 Mg 3 S .5
Leaves .8-.4-.2 Ca 0 Mg 0 S 0

Sawdust .2-0-.2 CA 0 Mg 0 S 0
Compost 1-0.5-1 Ca 0.3 MG 0.2 S 0.3

Manures
Chicken 2-1.5-.5 Ca 2 Mg .2 S .1
Cow .5-.2-.5 Ca .2 Mg .1 S .1
Horse .6-.2-.5 Ca .5 Mg .1 S.1
Sheep 1-.3-1 Ca 1 Mg .1 S .05
Jamaican bat guano 1-10-0.2
Mexican Bat Guano 10-2-1
Peruvian seabird guano 10-10-2
Indonesion Bat guano .5-12-2
Fossilized sea bird guano 1-10-1

N-P-K of organic amendments.

Alfalfa Hay: 2.45/05/2.1

Apple Fruit: 0.05/0.02/0.1
Apple Leaves: 1.0/0.15/0.4
Apple Pomace: 0.2/0.02/0.15
Apple skins(ash) : 0/3.0/11/74
Banana Residues (ash): 1.75/0.75/0.5
Barley (grain): 0/0/0.5
Barley (straw): 0/0/1.0
Basalt Rock: 0/0/1.5
Bat Guano: 5.0-8.0/4.0-5.0/1.0
Beans, garden(seed and hull): 0.25/0.08/03
Beet Wastes: 0.4/0.4/0.7-4.1
Blood meal: 15.0/0/0
Bone Black: 1.5/0/0
Bonemeal (raw): 3.3-4.1/21.0/0.2
Bonemeal (steamed): 1.6-2.5/21.0/0.2
Brewery Wastes (wet): 1.0/0.5/0.05
Buckwheat straw: 0/0/2.0
Cantaloupe Rinds (ash): 0/9.77/12.0
Castor pomace: 4.0-6.6/1.0-2.0/1.0-2.0
Cattail reeds and water lily stems: 2.0/0.8/3.4
Cattail Seed: 0.98/0.25/0.1
Cattle Manure (fresh): 0.29/0.25/0.1
Cherry Leaves: 0.6/0/0.7
Chicken Manure (fresh): 1.6/1.0-1.5/0.6-1.0
Clover: 2/0/0/0 (also contains calcium)
Cocoa Shell Dust: 1.0/1.5/1.7

cocoa hulls: 3-1-3.2 (not to mention lots of humic acids and trace
elements)
Coffee Grounds: 2.0/0.36/0.67
Corn (grain): 1.65/0.65/0.4
Corn (green forage): 0.4/0.13/0.33
Corn cobs: 0/0/2.0
Corn Silage: 0.42/0/0
Cornstalks: 0.75/0/0.8
Cottonseed hulls (ash): 0/8.7/23.9
Cottonseed Meal: 7.0/2.0-3.0/1.8
Cotton Wastes (factory): 1.32/0.45/0.36
Cowpea Hay: 3.0/0/2.3
Cowpeas (green forage): 0.45/0.12/0.45
Cowpeas (seed): 3.1/1.0/1.2
Crabgrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Crabs (dried, ground): 10.0/0/0 (I personally just crush the shells with
my foot)
Crabs (fresh): 5.0/3.6/0.2
Cucumber Skins (ash): 0/11.28/27.2 ( WOW!!!! Who knew???)
Dried Blood: 10.0-14.0/1.0-5.0/0
Duck Manure (fresh): 1.12/1.44/0.6
Eggs: 2.25/0.4/0.15
Eggshells: 1.19/0.38/0.14
Feathers: 15.3/0/0
Felt Wastes: 14.0/0/1.0
Field Beans (seed): 4.0/1.2/1.3
Feild Beans (shells): 1.7/0.3/1.3
Fish (dried, ground): 8.0/7.0/0
Fish Scraps (fresh): 6.5/3.75/0
Gluten Meal: 6.4/0/0
Granite Dust: 0/0/3.0-5.5
Grapefruit Skins (ash): 0/3.6/30.6 (And people throw these things
away? Wow!)
Grape Leaves: 0.45/0.1/0.4
Grape Pomace: 1.0/0.07/0.3
Grass (imature): 1.0/0/1.2
Greensand: 0/1.5/7.0
Hair: 14/0/0/0
Hoof and Horn Meal: 12.5/2.0/0
Horse Manure (fresh): 0.44/0.35/0.3
Incinerator Ash: 0.24/5.15/2.33

Insect Frass (Raw): 2-2-2

Jellyfish (dried): 4.6/0/0
Kentucky Bluegrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Kentucky Bluegrass (hay): 1.2/0.4/2.0
Leather Dust: 11.0/0/0
Lemon Culls: 0.15/0.06/0.26
Lemon Skins (ash): 06.33/1.0
Lobster Refuse: 4.5/3.5/0
Milk: 0.5/0.3/0.18
Millet Hay: 1.2/0/3.2
Molasses Residue (From alcohol manufacture): 0.7/0/5.32
Molasses Waste (From Sugar refining): 0/0/3.0-4.0
Mud (fresh water): 1.37/0.26/0.22
Mud (harbour): 0.99/0.77/0.05
Mud (salt): 0.4.0/0
Mussels: 1.0/0.12/0.13
Nutshells: 2.5/0/0
Oak Leaves: 0.8/0.35/0.2
Oats (grain): 2.0/0.8/0.6
Oats (green fodder): 0.49/0/0
Oat straw: 0/0/1.5
Olive Pomace: 1.15/0.78/1.3
Orange Culls: 0.2/0.13/0.21
Orange Skins: 0/3.0/27.0 (Right up there with Grapefruit. Note: both
can attract fruit flies so, bury them in the compost)
Oyster Shells: 0.36/0/0
Peach Leaves: 0.9/0.15/0.6
Pea forage: 1.5-2.5/0/1.4
Peanuts (seed/kernals): 3.6/0.7/0.45
Peanut Shells: 3.6/0.15/0.5 (I grind them up in the food processor
first)
Pea Pods (ash): 0/3.0/9.0 (I cut them up with a pair of scissors while
shelling them)
Pea (vines): 0.25/0/0.7
Pear Leaves: 0.7/0/0.4
Pigeon manure (fresh): 4.19/2.24/1.0
Pigweed (rough): 0.6/0.1/0
Pine Needles: 0.5/0.12/0.03
Potato Skins (ash): 0/5.18/27.5
Potaote Tubers: 0.35/0.15/2.5
Potatoe Vines (dried): 0.6/0.16/1.6

Prune Refuse: 0.18/0.07/0.31

Pumpkins (fresh): 0.16/0.07/0.26
Rabbitbrush (ash): 0/0/13.04
Rabbit Manure: 2.4/1.4/0.6
Ragweed: 0.76/0.26/0
Rapeseed meal: 0/1.0=2.0/1.0=3.0
Raspberry leaves: 1.45/0/0.6
Red clover hay: 2.1/0.6/2.1
Redrop Hay: 1.2/0.35/1.0
Rock and Mussel Deposits From Ocean: 0.22/0.09/1.78
Roses (flowers): 0.3/0.1/0.4
Rye Straw: 0/0/1.0
Salt March Hay: 1.1/0.25/0.75
Sardine Scrap: 8.0/7.1/0
Seaweed (dried): 1.1-1.5/0.75/4.9 (Seaweed is loaded with
micronutrients including: Boron, Iodine, Magnesium and so on.)
Seaweed (fresh): 0.2-0.4/0/0
Sheep and Goat Manure (fresh): 0.55/0.6/0.3
Shoddy and Felt: 8.0/0/0
Shrimp Heads (dried): 7.8/4.2/0
Shrimp Wastes: 2.9/10.0/0
Siftings From Oyster Shell Mounds: 0.36/10.38/0.09
Silk Mill Wastes: 8.0/1.14/1.0
Silkworm Cocoons:10.0/1.82/1.08
Sludge: 2.0/1.9/0.3
Sludge (activated): 5.0/2.5-4.0/0.6
Smokehouse/Firepit Ash:0/0/4.96 (I put the ashes from my smoker in
the pile)
Sorghum Straw:0/0/1.0
Soybean Hay: 1.5-3.0/0/1.2-2.3
Starfish: 1.8/0.2/0.25 (I'm not saying: "Go out and decimate starfish
populations at our local beaches" but, the odd starfish would be okay.
Incidentally, the edndoskeletons of starfish are made of Calcium
Carbonate which, is slow to break down.)
String Beans (strings and stems, ash): 0/4.99/18.0 (Why we throw
this stuff away? I have no idea. Look at all that potash!)
Sugar Wastes (raw): 2.0/8.0/0
Sweet Potatoes: 0.25/0.1/0.5
Swine Manure (fresh): 0.6/0.45/0.5
Tanbark Ash: 0/0.34/3.8
Tanbark Ash (spent): 0/1.75/2.0

Tankage: 3.0-11.0/2.0-5.0/0
Tea Grounds: 4.15/0.62/0.4
Timothy Hay: 1.2/0.55/1.4
Tobacco Leaves: 4.0/0.5/6.0
Tobacco Stems: 2.5-3.7/0.6-0.9/4.5-7.0
Tomatoe Fruit: 0.2/0.07/0.35 (A note on tomatoe fruit: These should
be hot composted. I just let any rotted or insect eaten tomatoes
compost in the soil beneath the plants and have "freebees" come back
each consecutive year. Hot composting will kill the seeds.)
Tomatoe Leaves: 0.35/0.1/0.4
Tomatoe Stalks: 0.35/0.1/0.5
Tung Oil Pumace: 6.1/0/0
Vetch Hay: 2.8/0/2.3
Waste Silt: 9.5/0/0
Wheat Bran: 2.4/2.9/1.6
Wheat (grain): 2.0/0.85/0.5
Wheat Straw: 0.5/0.15/0.8
White Clover (Green): 0.5/0.2/0.3
Winter Rye Hay: 0/0/1.0
Wood Ash: 0/1.0-2.0/6.0-10.0 (A note on Wood ash: Wood Ash can
contain chemicals that could harm plants and also carcinogens so, they
should be composted in moderation)
Wool Wastes: 3.5-6.0/2.0-4.0/1.0-3.5
Found this info also thought it was interesting. I have been looking for
info on topdressing so I think it is appropriate.

Mix and match formulas

Pick one source from each category. The results will vary in
composition from 1-2-1 to 4-6-3, but any mixture will provide a
balanced supply of nutrients that will be steadily available to plants
and encourage soil microorganisms.
Nitrogen
2 parts blood meal
3 parts fish meal
Phosporous
3 parts bone meal
6 parts rock phosphate or colloidal phosphate

Potassium
1 part kelp meal
6 part greensand

More Organic Fertilizer Mixes

Below are various "recipes" for both organic fertilizers and organic soil
mixes.
2 - 3.5 - 2.5
1 part bone meal
3 parts alfalfa hay
2 parts greensand
2
4
1
1

-4-2
parts coffee grounds
part bone meal
part wood ashes

2
1
1
3

-4-2
part leather dust
part bone meal
parts granite dust

2
3
2
1
2

-8-2
parts greensand
parts seaweed
part dried blood
parts phosphate rock

2
1
2
2

- 13 - 2.5
part cottonseed meal
parts phosphate rock
parts seaweed

3.5 - 5.5 - 3.5

2 parts cottonseed meal
1 part colloidal phosphate
2 parts granite dust
2.5 - 6 - 5
1 part dried blood
1 part phosphate rock

4 parts wood ashes

0
1
3
2

-5-4
part phosphate rock
parts greensand
parts wood ashes

3
1
1
3

-6-3
part leather dust
part phosphate rock
parts seaweed

3
1
1
3

-7-5
part dried blood
part phosphate rock
parts wood ashes

3
1
1
1
4

-8-5
part leather dust
part phosphate rock
part fish scrap
parts wood ashes

2.5 - 2.5 - 4
3 parts granite dust
1 part dried blood
1 part bone meal
5 parts seaweed
4
2
1
4

-5-4
parts dried blood
part phosphate rock
parts wood ashes

6
2
2
1
1
1
1

-8-3
parts fish scrap
parts dried blood
part cottonseed meal
part wood ashes
part phosphate rock
part granite dust

Herbal Tea Plant Food

1
1
1
1

t Comfrey leaves
t Alfalfa leaves
t Nettle leaves
Qt boiling water

Steep for 10 min. and let cool until lukewarm. Drain the leaves out and
add the lukewarm tea to your plants to keep them healthy and vibrant!
The reason for adding slightly warm tea (or water) to your plants is
that they will be able to absorb the needed nutrients more easily by
keeping the root pores open verses cold tea (or water) will have a
tendency to restrict the pores, meaning a much slower process of
absorption.
Comfrey is called knitbone or healing herb. It is high in calcium,
potassium and phosphorus, and also rich in vitamins A and C. The
nutrients present in comfrey actually assist in the healing process
since it contains allantoin.
Alfalfa is one of the most powerful nitrogen - fixers of all the legumes.
It is strong in iron and is a good source of phosphorus, potassium,
magnesium and trace minerals.
Nettles are helpful to stimulate fermentation in compost or manure
piles and this helps to break down other organic materials in your
planting soil. The plant is said to contain carbonic acid and ammonia
which may be the fermentation factor. Nettles are rich in iron and have
as much protein as cottonseed meal.