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I agree about espoma, as a product the “average joe” can get if you find it in larger sizes like the 30lb you’re getting good value and very little guess work that comes into using the raw ingredients. I troll around for it and wait for clearance and stock up. 30lbs for $19 is one I find pretty often. For heavy feeders I do use some synthetic urea based products for a jumpstart. I think organic nitrogen is too expensive compared to synthetic and when you look at the “synthetics” they’re really just concentrates of nitrogen that you realistically encounter in nature.... 🤷🏼♂️ I think I did the numbers based on large scale corn and a 4x8 raised bed needs no more than about 50-100 grams (2-4 ounces) of urea to be fully treated when combined with something like epsoma for trace and PK.
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Garys your seeds are awesome. I grew several this year. I grew the California Wonder heirloom peppers. They are gorgeous. I also bought a popular nursery hybrid too and were grown in exactly the same conditions and at the same time. Your seeds were by far the healthiest as most vigorous. The Romas and beefsteaks and Chocolate Bell peppers also grew very well and I am just now planting all of them in my garden. Im so happy with all the seeds I received. THANKS GARY!
Hi Gary, I’ve watched your videos for sometime and enjoy them very much. You’re absolutely right! As a geochemist I do see the public being ripped off by these fertilizers. It’s amazing how they use the old and new chemical names to describe their fertilizers. I’m sure this adds to the confusion, probably by design. For instance potassium sulfate is the new name and sulfate of potash is the old. I would caution viewers not to use treated wood as their source of ash, as this may have a high concentration of chromium and copper (from copper chromate). Treated wood before about 2003 in the United States, was treated with arsenic so please don’t burn that or any commercially sourced treated timber (railway ties) as that still contains arsenic. During burning, the arsenic will be made volatile in the smoke and could easily be breathed. I’m only my second year of growing my own vegetables and I’m using compost. I just use the old square gardening mix of one part vermiculite one part compost and one part peat moss. My plants grow tall and strong. I have few pests, except on brassicas. Even though I’ve had a strong background in science, when it comes to gardening I think of a woodland. I visualize myself sitting in the woods watching the processes. Trees grow, lose leaves and the leaves get reconstituted into the ground where they make nutrients available. The ground is damp and full of fungus worms and other insects, all of these ensure the nutrients are passed on from animal to plant and vice versa. The whole process works so well, why should we mess with it. Just my thoughts. One final note, some people use rock dust which I think is a waste of money. The rocks react with water over time and turn into clay, which will absorb a lot of trace elements in any case A video on TH-cam, from the Alberta gardener, shows that when leaves are chemically analyzed for trace elements they contain all that the plant needs. That should save people a lot of money. Fall is here, go out and collect! Thank you Gary once again for your videos, they must take you a lot of time and we all appreciate them very much!
Cynthia Fisher yes absolutely Cynthia, I’ve seen peat moss fertilized with worm castings and pumice for an indoor potting mix too. Hopefully will be trying this soon.
I love when chemists and geochemists have info. Never understood why gardeners dont follow the scientists. Thanks on the term changes too. As I read them, I was thinking they are the same thing. Yep, never burn treated wood. Rock dust is another unecessary. As what it could add, is already there or needed it such low levels, your compost provides it. I watch AG, hes vids are great for science. Thanks for all the info. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com
man this video is so important for every beginner gardener! i first started gardening seriously in 2017. I had no idea what i was doing and i bought a lot of expensive fertilizers. looking back, all i needed was leaf compost, coffee grounds, and an all-purpose fertilizer
This is great. You research is well appreciated. 99% of the brands you highlighted are ALL that's available in my area. So - feeling at the mercy of the "corporate hamster wheel". Thank you!
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I'm learning SO much from your videos and taking copious notes. In my ten years or so of gardening, I've been a victim of the shiny and fancy labels. I truly thought you had to spend $$$ in order to grow your own fresh produce. Your solid teaching makes me realize home gardens can be healthy *and* economical. THANK YOU!
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So much packing confusion out there. Good luck. Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim. Please subscribe as it really helps me in making videos.
This is a great video. Your initial video on making your own soil actually got me inspired to start making my own fertilizer mixes! It has saved me a ton already, but I didn't even think about getting alfalfa pellets from feed supplies. Great tip!
Thank you for the detailed coverage on ingredients and price. I want to add that another thing to consider is, not only are these products higher, but they use a lot of animal products. I try not to buy products with animal contents because I've seen videos on how these animals are treated in factory farms. It's not good.
Thank you so much! This is the video I didn't know I needed. I'm new to gardening. I would often walk around the stores wasting so much time, trying to figure out how to get more for my dollar. This is a big relief to know it doesn't make a big difference.
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Thanks for this sage advice on garden fertilizers. Reminded me of the wisdom to give a man a fish and feed him for a day or teach him to fish and feed him for life. DIY organic fertilizer for less than $1 per pound or store bought for $5+ per pound. You saved my garden ambitions.
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Thanks, Gary for providing the NPK info about the alfalfa pellets-- my suspicions confirmed! I had to find a new owner for our pet rabbit last year, because my son was so allergic to it. Anyway, we had a leftover large bag of pellets. I noticed how easy this stuff breaks down in the rain, and how my lawn looked extra nice where my son had spilled part of the bag. I put it in the compost. I never thought of mixing it direct to the garden. By the way, if anyone wonders, I didn't have any weeds sprout from those pellets. They are pulverized pretty well.
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I came to the same conclusion last Winter. I bought a bag of the alfalfa from TSC. They even have an organic one for a few dollars more. On another note I see you are living the Miller high life.
Thank you for the fertilizer comparisons. Very informative. One comment, I wouldn't dare use wood ash in my garden since my soil is naturally alkaline. Wood ash would raise the pH and make it even more alkaline. Wood ash is great for acidic soils though. A mention of that would have been helpful to viewers.
Thanks so much for sharing this information. We are at the mercy of all of the confusing advertising and packaging. I always appreciate the time it takes you to do do the research and to put together the videos!😎👩🌾
GARY YOU ARE JUST SIMPLY AMAZING!! I thank God for finding your channel! I'm a first year gardener and my seeds are almost ready to transplant. I was looking for a good fertilizer to use for my 4x 8 bed as those small bags won't take me that far!!! $$$$$$ Omw to tractor supply co this week THANK YOU!
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My wife and I are on a fixed income, so I have to watch what I spend. Early last spring I was in Menards to get some peat moss to make my own container blend. I walked right past the small colorful fertilizers because they are expensive and back to the big bags in the back to look at the garden lime. Right next to it was Chick-n-poo. A 2-4-3 organic fertilizer (peletalized chicken manure) and the 25 pound bag was only $10. It worked well and I have half the bag left.
J.B. everyone is on a fixed income unless you are already wealthy. Us worker chumps haven't gotten a raise in forever. At least you have a fixed income. I could be fired tomorrow. Count your blessings. Furthermore, don't get suckered into buying commercially bagged fertilizers. You have to do some math before you buy. You got a bag of commercially bagged ChickNPoo for $25. The application rate is one bag per 650 square feet, or $15.38 per 650-sq-ft application. Had you bought a 50-pound bag of alfalfa pellets for $15, and applied at a rate of 15 pounds per 1,000 square feet, the cost per 1,000 square feet is $4.50.
@@dchall8 Since both my wife and I are both disabled, what we get is it. People who can work have the option of working more to get more money like I did in my 20's. You can also look for higher paying work. Both options are off the table for us. But I get it, times are hard for everyone. I only paid $10 for the 25 pound bag, not $25. Its now $11 so it went up $1 over a year. The NPK is a little higher at 2-4-3 while the alfalfa pellets are at 2-1-2. I can get the alfalfa pellets near me. But I couldnt lift a 50 pound bag, the 25 pound bag is at the very limit of what I can lift. I could get smaller bags of the alfalfa, but they cost more, and pretty much end up costing close to the chick-n-poo. Either way its better than the small 3 or 4 pound bags for $5 to $10 bucks you have to buy multiple times a season. In the end its just extra nutrients as I use plenty of free self made compost and leaf mold as the main nutrient source.
You're really upsetting the livestock owners who are afraid there will be a feed shortage because all the gardeners will be buying up the animal feed. 😂 Great breakdown of the information. Thanks!
Thank you Gary. A light bulb lit up when you were reading the Dr, Earth packaging out loud. All that stuff sounds so good when you are reading it but when brought into the light of day it's a lot of... well, something that makes good fertilizer from a steer!
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Thanks that makes so much sense. It is sad that it costs so much money to raise food when it's not necessary. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge!!
Good information, well presented. I feel very fortunate to live where a garden store has bulk fertilizers available - as well as trustworthy, knowledgeable people willing to assist. I do have to plan a bit seeing I'm using separate "ingredients." I have to plan a bit because I'm using separate ingredients, but I pay a lot less.
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Great video and content...Your right on with this....I just did this method this season and my garden really garden really thrived.....I also used the alfalfa from alfalfa hay as well...Get an organic bale of Alfalfa hay.....
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Good cautions! I wonder how many folks never soil test, have excess P or K and are pouring more onto the soil anyway. I'm into "free" as a cost. Human urine is 11-2-4, grass from your lawn can be 2-.5-1, nettles are 5-1-4, tree leaves are 1-.5-1 (depending on the tree). Weeds vary, but chop and drop is the smart way to weed (unless you've let some weed go all the way to ripe seed). Human hair is 12-0-0. Coffee grounds are 2-trace-trace. If you live near an ocean, kelp is 1-0-4. I collect free things, toss it on the veg plot as mulch, and let nature take care of breaking it down. Probably best to dilute urine in water before pouring it around plants, but in the winter, that's not necessary. Just don't freeze anything off out there when you're applying nature's fertilizer on a winter night. ; )
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I have found the name brand bags of organic fertilizers on clearance at Walmart at end of season that saved a lot of money compared to regular price. I am also trying alfalfa pellets for the first time. Great advice.
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Alfalfa is also full of natural growth hormone called tricantonal. Some people use this extract separately. Alfalfa truly is amazing for organic gardeners. Very cheap has NPK ,growth hormone and carbon, plenty of cheap organic material for starting compost. Can even feed it to your animals. If I had extra land I would grow my own.
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My husband & I watch your videos each week and love them as they are filled with so many hints on how to improve our garden. We went out today and purchased the alfalfa pellets and wanted to know what your recommendation was on how much to add to the garden and how often you would say we need to add it. Your gardens are spectacular!
Thanks so much. So I would just sprinkle them across the surface and lightly work/rake them in. Water them in to, as they will expand and breakdown and be less interesting to animals.There is no wrong way. You can be pretty much be heavy handed on earth beds. I would experiment. In my containers I throw in 1 or 2 large handfuls and just mix it in. Past 15 gallons, they get 2 or 3 handfuls. At $15 a bag it is really worth testing it out. And thanks for watching. Sharing Your Garden, Volunteering Locally or Donating are great ways to help and give back.: Here is our landing page for more information www.communityecologyinstitute.org/greenhouse-project.html
Out of topic but I just ate the sweetest pepper I have ever had today! It was an excruciating wait for it to turn completely red but it’s all worth it. It’s called lesya. Thanks for this helpful video Gary! More power!
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You know everything planted in my garden was taught by you. I always thought I had a black thumb but following the principles you teach on your videos made me successful on everything even on my first fails(experiments). Thanks again for being an inspiration!
My client insisted on organic stuff, so I spent a lot of time in this field. My experience is organic fertilizer means the package contains organic matters, but not necessarily means there's no non-organic material mixed in.
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Heading straight to TSC to grab the alfalfa...it's 18.99 this year but everything has gone up and still a great value..love your resourcefulness...sooo appreciated...zone 5 here central.NH and dying to.get in the garden..love your videos!!
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Thx, u scored 4 boxes of the organic miracle grow yellow and black box from Kroger on clearance 1.48$!!! Bought all I could because that stuff is very expensive!
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I would be careful with alfalfa. Not only is alfalfa genetically modified in many cases, but it also is sprayed with pesticides. So do not use it if you want an organic garden unless you pick up organic alfalfa pellets. The Standlee Brand does have organic alfalfa pellets. I buy it for my goats.
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Thank you for the information Gary - I learned something new today....
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I'm trying Dr. Earth for the first time this year and I'm stunned by how well it performs. I've never seen such healthy plants. The cheap fertilizers use poultry manure which stinks to high heaven in my greenhouse and my grow closet. Not so with Dr. Earth. Amazing stuff.
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A little bit of bone meal is all that went in my garden this year. Just for the tomatoes when they were setting fruit. Nothing wrong with organic fertilizers. Have plenty in a cabinet. Just don't need them much.
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Thanks for clarifying this issue. Saving money where I can is imperative. I didn't now about some of these things or where to get them. I gave to travel a bit to get to a Tractor Supply store, but it looks like they may have a number of things that I could use to advance my garden. Thank you.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN So glad you said that! Tractor Supply IS fun. The few times I was able to go, I spent hours just looking around at all the cool stuff (that I couldn't afford, but that doesn't stop me!).
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Gary, always good info for each person to make their own decision. I have gone more to organics especially this year and by that I mean compost and worm castings , the latter of which I develop my own and have for years. I had an extra brandywine plant which I put in an area previously where I cardinal flower and that ground had plenty of homemade compost and would be quiet humus. One of the things I did not too long after planting it there,,, I combined fish emulsion 5-1-1 with neptunes harvest 2-6-4 fish hydrolysate I put 2 tbls of each in a 2 gal watering can and fed this plant. Soon after I noticed an explosion of growth not just tall but wide and full, looked like something on steroids and still does. It is loaded with tomatoes and many blooms and buds. Since then I have added even more compost and worm castings, by pulling back mulch putting it down watering in and replacing mulch. In wrapping up I still am amazed each day to venture into my garden and see this particular plant which is not backing off one bit.
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I have found the end of the season is a great time to buy those products because they are marked considerably down. I got a number of the same ones you have shown here this season that I will keep for next growing season.
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Thank you! I have been using Espoma Citrus Tone & Plant Tone with bone meal and have had good results, but I was swayed to buy Dr Earth. You're right, it is expensive 14.95 for 4#. I'll see how it does on my hydrangeas.
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Good to see this catching on. I supplement my chicken and duck's food with alfalfa and beet. They love it. That, combined with their wood bedding and straw from the egg boxes, very quickly builds black soil. I move my chicken area every fall so that they are picking, eating, and pooping on the spring garden beds. There's no easier and cheaper way to garden...
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Perfect, thank you! I was just about to spend $30 on 16 lbs of organic fertilizer. Organic Fertilizers really start to add up because they have such low NPK andI have lots of heavy feeders.
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I've been using the Espoma. and it is $$$. My husband thinks it's a hoot that i found and love the tractor store. I can't wait to go back and try the Alfalfa!
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Garden tone 3-4-4 (npk) - 5-1-2(CA, MG, S) is excellent it also contains colony forming units and humic acid. All derived from: alfalfa meal, bone meal, feather meal, chicken manure, potash.
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Thanks for breaking this down Barney style. It’s good to skip the mystical wizardry to this stuff. And it’s actually stuff I see at real stores. Beautiful property, man.
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This video is outstanding! I Appreciate you saving myself & everyone money.... I too have been "suckered" into buying a few of them bags you showed, (except the Miracle-Gro.... No way too expensive!) but not because I seen them in a store, because I watched other videos where they were recommended as "The product to use!" Argh! I wish I would have found your channel before theirs! Haha But.... Moving forward I will do so much better! God bless you Sir!
UT-OH! You forgot about telling everyone about going to their local "fishing hole" and catching a 5 gallon bucket full of blue-gill "sun fish" and coming back and throw them all over the garden then "cut them in" with their tiller ----- my best friends dad took us fishing when we were like 10, we did this, and he always had the biggest most beautiful garden in town.
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Wow ty for this video I work at a feed store I didn't know that about beet bulp and alfalfa pellets. We do have fertilizer and hay I actually have a compost pile going the alfalfa in it really gets it going. I may mulch a patch with it and beat pulp. Thanks again for the video.
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Always informative! I just started putting vegetable scraps and water in glass jars with lids to ferment and use as fertilizer. I live on an acre, retired and trying to save money where I can. Will buy Alfalfa pellets the next time I'm at the feed store to buy food for my livestock. thanks again
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most of the alfalfa grown in US is GMO and or grown with heavy pesticide use. You should only use organic alfalfa which you can buy at some feed stores. Slightly more expensive but well worth it.
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This is a good idea. I've done similar things with other products. For example, when I adopted my cat 5 years ago, I noticed that his litter box at the shelter had what looked like Feline Pine in it. I checked the stores that carried this product and the average price was around $12 for a 20 pound bag. The country store has 40 pound bags of stall pellets for less than $6. So, I buy a 40 pound bag of pellets to use in my cat's litter box. It lasts about a month. If I had to buy the Feline Pine, it would cost $24 plus tax every month. It is possible to get wood pellets for a wood stove; but, the ones that I see around here contain an accellerant. I don't buy those to use for my cat.
That's exactly what I use for my cats. Out in the country we have to pay by the pound to dispose of trash. I can compost the stall pellets and not have to pay a fortune to throw away heavy clay litter. It also smells better and is safer for the cats.
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I have 2 older cats and would be greatly interested in switching to this. Did your cats start on this as kittens or were you able to switch them as adults? Also, I clean the box each night, does the stuff clump together or how do you know when to change it?
@@lynnkerr9204 I started when they were older although one started when he was a kitten. I began by adding it to the clay litter that was already in the box, maybe about half and half. They took to it right away. I kept adding more as I cleaned it out. It does not clump, it will become sort of powdery as it gets wet. It doesn't turn into a solid mass like clay litter. The solid stuff just dries out. You will lose a little when you clean it out but it works so well you might find that you don't have to clean as often. Or, it is so much cheaper you could clean the whole thing out every day or two.
@@lynnkerr9204 I only have one cat. I scoop out the solids every day. Wood pellets crumble when liquids touch them. They don't clump. I change out the litter box once a week. If I had more than one cat that used the same litter box, I would have to change it out probably twice a week. My cat was about 7 months old when I adopted him from the shelter. His litter box at the shelter had pellets in it which I thought was Feline Pine. Any wood pellet product sold as stall pellets is basically the same as Feline Pine and less expensive, depending upon where you live. If you have concerns about whether your cats will use wood pellets, you can introduce the pellets to the litter box on a gradual basis.
I’ve been using alfalfa pellets and making my own bone meal (using chicken bones). I pressure cook the bones and give my dogs the broth, then dehydrate and grind in an old coffee grinder. The money I save gets spent....I bought coco coir mulch because I’m a sucker for pretty mulch!!
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my first purchase of alfalfa pellets was the best money i ever spent. when i first started using alfalfa i was just after something to heat up my compost but was i surprised the first time i actually used that compost. now i add alfalfa pellets, biochar, layer scratchins & azomite every time i add material to my compost and when i mulch leaves. come spring when it's planting time i grind up beat root, cow peas, oatmeal, pinto beans, rice, split peas, all equal amounts and add a cup to each plant for my organic fertilizer with no need to add alfalfa since i've been adding it all year. my plants must be getting all the nutrients that they need because my produce is beautiful and this summer i had a 22ft tomato plant with several 3+ # (bigboy) tomatoes. i don't mind the extra work nor the money i save and i'm not sure that adding all of those other 'fertilizers' would have done better. i keep my shredded leaf compost separate from my other compost to help keep track of my carbon rich sources.
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Great information. Maybe if and when we get our community garden set up I can get that alfalfa from the feed store. For my own use I would not have anywhere to store it. Thankful for all of the explanations!
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You can buy Alfalfa pellets in smaller bags from the feed stores and even in the supermarket pet Department. Used to fee pet rabbits and I think even hamsters. Less to store than 50 lb bags, but will cost more per pound
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Free fantastic fertilizer that is available in LARGE quantities is used coffee grounds from local coffee shops!! 2.1-0.3-0.3, so it is primarily nitrogen, but still! Also other trace minerals your plants need like magnesium, chromium, and calcium (yep, googled that lol).
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They do have high P and K which helps bulging and flowering but I havent found them to be worth buying in addition to a basic organic granular with NPK present. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account The Rusted Garden 'Scan & Grow' Seed Collection (My Seed and Garden Shop) Just scan the QR code and watch a planting video: www.therustedgarden.com/search?type=product&q=qr
Good video. Shows people what they’re really getting hype aside. I have been using all the individual product and blending it myself for over 20 years. Bulk kelp meal is also what I use. i put some in my compost and directly in the soil.
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Green Love There is a garden center near me that carries Espoma products. They sell all the individual products that you would find in organic fertilizers in bulk. I make my own blends. Some goes into my compost and some goes directly into my growing beds, but it isn’t easy to find them in most nurseries. In fact they are the only one that I’ve found them in. So many independent nurseries have closed since Home Depot and Lowe’s came to town. When you do find Espoma products they’re only in blended five pound bags which can get pretty expensive if you have a decent size garden. You can try going to the Espoma web sight to see where you can buy Espoma products. Make a few phone to check and see if any of them carry Espoma Kelp meal. Some nurserys might be willing to order you some, but I wouldn’t get my hopes too high. You can probably find 5 lb. bags but it gets expensive buying that way. I wish you good luck in your search. i’d love to know how you make out. There is a company in Maine called North American Kelp that sells 50 lb. bags but the shipping has to be high depending on where you live. The website is noamkelp. It’s worth a try.
@@Magnabee97 thank you so much for all the detailed information and guidance . I do have over 1000 sq ft of space in my backyard where I am trying to build soil and organic fertilizer is too expensive to buy in 5lb bags, so your info really gives me some pointers. Will let you know if I have a breakthrough in finding organic kelp meal. I like to garden without animal by-product based fertilizer since I have a vegan son who frowns at this :-). Love the recommendations from Gary on alfalfa pellets and beet pulp, I got myself a stash and have already started using it ! Thanks again!
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I agree about espoma, as a product the “average joe” can get if you find it in larger sizes like the 30lb you’re getting good value and very little guess work that comes into using the raw ingredients.
I troll around for it and wait for clearance and stock up. 30lbs for $19 is one I find pretty often.
For heavy feeders I do use some synthetic urea based products for a jumpstart. I think organic nitrogen is too expensive compared to synthetic and when you look at the “synthetics” they’re really just concentrates of nitrogen that you realistically encounter in nature.... 🤷🏼♂️
I think I did the numbers based on large scale corn and a 4x8 raised bed needs no more than about 50-100 grams (2-4 ounces) of urea to be fully treated when combined with something like epsoma for trace and PK.
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Garys your seeds are awesome. I grew several this year. I grew the California Wonder heirloom peppers. They are gorgeous. I also bought a popular nursery hybrid too and were grown in exactly the same conditions and at the same time. Your seeds were by far the healthiest as most vigorous. The Romas and beefsteaks and Chocolate Bell peppers also grew very well and I am just now planting all of them in my garden. Im so happy with all the seeds I received. THANKS GARY!
Hi Gary, I’ve watched your videos for sometime and enjoy them very much.
You’re absolutely right! As a geochemist I do see the public being ripped off by these fertilizers. It’s amazing how they use the old and new chemical names to describe their fertilizers. I’m sure this adds to the confusion, probably by design.
For instance potassium sulfate is the new name and sulfate of potash is the old.
I would caution viewers not to use treated wood as their source of ash, as this may have a high concentration of chromium and copper (from copper chromate). Treated wood before about 2003 in the United States, was treated with arsenic so please don’t burn that or any commercially sourced treated timber (railway ties) as that still contains arsenic. During burning, the arsenic will be made volatile in the smoke and could easily be breathed.
I’m only my second year of growing my own vegetables and I’m using compost. I just use the old square gardening mix of one part vermiculite one part compost and one part peat moss. My plants grow tall and strong. I have few pests, except on brassicas.
Even though I’ve had a strong background in science, when it comes to gardening I think of a woodland. I visualize myself sitting in the woods watching the processes. Trees grow, lose leaves and the leaves get reconstituted into the ground where they make nutrients available. The ground is damp and full of fungus worms and other insects, all of these ensure the nutrients are passed on from animal to plant and vice versa. The whole process works so well, why should we mess with it. Just my thoughts.
One final note, some people use rock dust which I think is a waste of money. The rocks react with water over time and turn into clay, which will absorb a lot of trace elements in any case
A video on TH-cam, from the Alberta gardener, shows that when leaves are chemically analyzed for trace elements they contain all that the plant needs. That should save people a lot of money. Fall is here, go out and collect!
Thank you Gary once again for your videos, they must take you a lot of time and we all appreciate them very much!
Clinton Dyckhoff Also, the leaves attract worms, which eat the leaves and poop out worm castings, which is another amazing fertilizer.
Cynthia Fisher yes absolutely Cynthia, I’ve seen peat moss fertilized with worm castings and pumice for an indoor potting mix too. Hopefully will be trying this soon.
I love when chemists and geochemists have info. Never understood why gardeners dont follow the scientists. Thanks on the term changes too. As I read them, I was thinking they are the same thing. Yep, never burn treated wood. Rock dust is another unecessary. As what it could add, is already there or needed it such low levels, your compost provides it. I watch AG, hes vids are great for science. Thanks for all the info.
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man this video is so important for every beginner gardener!
i first started gardening seriously in 2017. I had no idea what i was doing and i bought a lot of expensive fertilizers. looking back, all i needed was leaf compost, coffee grounds, and an all-purpose fertilizer
It's okay. Eventually, we all learn what works that's economical for us.
I grow blueberries and I have realized that coffee grounds are way to expensive from my opinion.
This is great. You research is well appreciated. 99% of the brands you highlighted are ALL that's available in my area. So - feeling at the mercy of the "corporate hamster wheel". Thank you!
Even better is Miracle Gro, just buys up companies likle Eco-Scraps. So MG has like 3 or 4 products on shelves often.
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I'm learning SO much from your videos and taking copious notes. In my ten years or so of gardening, I've been a victim of the shiny and fancy labels. I truly thought you had to spend $$$ in order to grow your own fresh produce. Your solid teaching makes me realize home gardens can be healthy *and* economical. THANK YOU!
LOL. I understand. Check out the ingredients and skip the shiny labels.
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Thanks so much for this video. I'm a newbie container gardener, who is growing tomatoes. I really needed this tutorial disguised as a ramble.
So much packing confusion out there. Good luck.
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I was just thinking about a more economical way to fertilize my garden, and voila, your show had the answers! Thank you!
This is a great video. Your initial video on making your own soil actually got me inspired to start making my own fertilizer mixes! It has saved me a ton already, but I didn't even think about getting alfalfa pellets from feed supplies. Great tip!
Thank you for the detailed coverage on ingredients and price. I want to add that another thing to consider is, not only are these products higher, but they use a lot of animal products. I try not to buy products with animal contents because I've seen videos on how these animals are treated in factory farms. It's not good.
Thank you so much! This is the video I didn't know I needed. I'm new to gardening. I would often walk around the stores wasting so much time, trying to figure out how to get more for my dollar. This is a big relief to know it doesn't make a big difference.
It really doesnt as the plants dont care. So cheaper I better.
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Thanks for this sage advice on garden fertilizers. Reminded me of the wisdom to give a man a fish and feed him for a day or teach him to fish and feed him for life. DIY organic fertilizer for less than $1 per pound or store bought for $5+ per pound. You saved my garden ambitions.
And you can make great and better stuff by making it yourself. Good luck.
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Good to be real. Right
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Thanks, Gary for providing the NPK info about the alfalfa pellets-- my suspicions confirmed! I had to find a new owner for our pet rabbit last year, because my son was so allergic to it. Anyway, we had a leftover large bag of pellets. I noticed how easy this stuff breaks down in the rain, and how my lawn looked extra nice where my son had spilled part of the bag. I put it in the compost. I never thought of mixing it direct to the garden. By the way, if anyone wonders, I didn't have any weeds sprout from those pellets. They are pulverized pretty well.
Thanks for the info. And that is proof in the spill.
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I came to the same conclusion last Winter. I bought a bag of the alfalfa from TSC. They even have an organic one for a few dollars more. On another note I see you are living the Miller high life.
so glad you covered this. Speaking of attracting animals, my dogs would snort blood meal if they could! I cannot use it bc it drives them mad!
Thank you for the fertilizer comparisons. Very informative. One comment, I wouldn't dare use wood ash in my garden since my soil is naturally alkaline. Wood ash would raise the pH and make it even more alkaline. Wood ash is great for acidic soils though. A mention of that would have been helpful to viewers.
Thanks so much for sharing this information. We are at the mercy of all of the confusing advertising and packaging. I always appreciate the time it takes you to do do the research and to put together the videos!😎👩🌾
GARY YOU ARE JUST SIMPLY AMAZING!! I thank God for finding your channel! I'm a first year gardener and my seeds are almost ready to transplant. I was looking for a good fertilizer to use for my 4x 8 bed as those small bags won't take me that far!!! $$$$$$ Omw to tractor supply co this week THANK YOU!
Thanks so much. Congrats on your first year. Slow and steady with feeding. Your soil will build up each year.
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My wife and I are on a fixed income, so I have to watch what I spend. Early last spring I was in Menards to get some peat moss to make my own container blend. I walked right past the small colorful fertilizers because they are expensive and back to the big bags in the back to look at the garden lime. Right next to it was Chick-n-poo. A 2-4-3 organic fertilizer (peletalized chicken manure) and the 25 pound bag was only $10. It worked well and I have half the bag left.
Nice job. Thats the way to do it. That chicken manure is in a lot of the bagged stuffed I showed you. And you know how cheap you got it.
J.B. everyone is on a fixed income unless you are already wealthy. Us worker chumps haven't gotten a raise in forever. At least you have a fixed income. I could be fired tomorrow. Count your blessings.
Furthermore, don't get suckered into buying commercially bagged fertilizers. You have to do some math before you buy. You got a bag of commercially bagged ChickNPoo for $25. The application rate is one bag per 650 square feet, or $15.38 per 650-sq-ft application. Had you bought a 50-pound bag of alfalfa pellets for $15, and applied at a rate of 15 pounds per 1,000 square feet, the cost per 1,000 square feet is $4.50.
@@dchall8 Since both my wife and I are both disabled, what we get is it. People who can work have the option of working more to get more money like I did in my 20's. You can also look for higher paying work. Both options are off the table for us. But I get it, times are hard for everyone.
I only paid $10 for the 25 pound bag, not $25. Its now $11 so it went up $1 over a year. The NPK is a little higher at 2-4-3 while the alfalfa pellets are at 2-1-2. I can get the alfalfa pellets near me. But I couldnt lift a 50 pound bag, the 25 pound bag is at the very limit of what I can lift. I could get smaller bags of the alfalfa, but they cost more, and pretty much end up costing close to the chick-n-poo. Either way its better than the small 3 or 4 pound bags for $5 to $10 bucks you have to buy multiple times a season. In the end its just extra nutrients as I use plenty of free self made compost and leaf mold as the main nutrient source.
You're really upsetting the livestock owners who are afraid there will be a feed shortage because all the gardeners will be buying up the animal feed. 😂 Great breakdown of the information. Thanks!
Bonus on alfalfa pellets: you can put them in the compost pile to jump start the cooking.
Thank you Gary. A light bulb lit up when you were reading the Dr, Earth packaging out loud. All that stuff sounds so good when you are reading it but when brought into the light of day it's a lot of... well, something that makes good fertilizer from a steer!
Lol yep. Just know what you are paying for.
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Thanks that makes so much sense. It is sad that it costs so much money to raise food when it's not necessary. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge!!
Good information, well presented. I feel very fortunate to live where a garden store has bulk fertilizers available - as well as trustworthy, knowledgeable people willing to assist. I do have to plan a bit seeing I'm using separate "ingredients." I have to plan a bit because I'm using separate ingredients, but I pay a lot less.
Thank you so much for this. I already buy alfalfa pellets and beer pulp for my goats. I would have never thought to put it in the garden.
Yeah test it out. I always say it is fun to experiment. But you do have some great almost ready to use straight manure with the goats. That is good stuff.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to help us learn and save money!!
It is important, I think, to just know what is out there and decide what works for our garden.
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Really appreciate this information. So easy to be dazzled by all of the packaging... 🙏🏽🙂
They know what they are doing.
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Thank you so much for making our gardening much simple easy in addition great saving.
THANK YOU. Ordered 150lbs of Alfalfa pellets and 40lbs beet pulp in quantity for the year. Valuable information! Cannot thank you enough! ❤️
Good luck. It works well.
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You’re making me think! 🤔 This is so helpful.
Great video and content...Your right on with this....I just did this method this season and my garden really garden really thrived.....I also used the alfalfa from alfalfa hay as well...Get an organic bale of Alfalfa hay.....
Thanks. And thanks for the proof.
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Good cautions! I wonder how many folks never soil test, have excess P or K and are pouring more onto the soil anyway. I'm into "free" as a cost. Human urine is 11-2-4, grass from your lawn can be 2-.5-1, nettles are 5-1-4, tree leaves are 1-.5-1 (depending on the tree). Weeds vary, but chop and drop is the smart way to weed (unless you've let some weed go all the way to ripe seed). Human hair is 12-0-0. Coffee grounds are 2-trace-trace. If you live near an ocean, kelp is 1-0-4. I collect free things, toss it on the veg plot as mulch, and let nature take care of breaking it down.
Probably best to dilute urine in water before pouring it around plants, but in the winter, that's not necessary. Just don't freeze anything off out there when you're applying nature's fertilizer on a winter night. ; )
Great points. I use urine on growing my papaya seedlings and my bananas typically in about a 1 to 5 ratio and they love it.
Thanks for the NPK on all that stuff.
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WOW…..
YOU Sir are a COMPOSTMONSTER….
When I grow up, I want to be just like you..
Hats off…😍😎
Good luck and have fun.
I have found the name brand bags of organic fertilizers on clearance at Walmart at end of season that saved a lot of money compared to regular price. I am also trying alfalfa pellets for the first time. Great advice.
End of the year clearance is great at Walmart
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Alfalfa is also full of natural growth hormone called tricantonal. Some people use this extract separately. Alfalfa truly is amazing for organic gardeners. Very cheap has NPK ,growth hormone and carbon, plenty of cheap organic material for starting compost. Can even feed it to your animals. If I had extra land I would grow my own.
Thank you for doing all this work! It is all lined out for the viewers. Lots of information here!
Glad to share it. Good luck this year.
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Thank you for all your educational content.
Glad to share. Just want people to know what they are spending their money on.
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My husband & I watch your videos each week and love them as they are filled with so many hints on how to improve our garden. We went out today and purchased the alfalfa pellets and wanted to know what your recommendation was on how much to add to the garden and how often you would say we need to add it. Your gardens are spectacular!
Thanks so much. So I would just sprinkle them across the surface and lightly work/rake them in. Water them in to, as they will expand and breakdown and be less interesting to animals.There is no wrong way. You can be pretty much be heavy handed on earth beds. I would experiment. In my containers I throw in 1 or 2 large handfuls and just mix it in. Past 15 gallons, they get 2 or 3 handfuls. At $15 a bag it is really worth testing it out. And thanks for watching.
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Out of topic but I just ate the sweetest pepper I have ever had today! It was an excruciating wait for it to turn completely red but it’s all worth it. It’s called lesya. Thanks for this helpful video Gary! More power!
Red is a sign of more sweetness very often.
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Had the same wait on a few. Well worth it!
You know everything planted in my garden was taught by you. I always thought I had a black thumb but following the principles you teach on your videos made me successful on everything even on my first fails(experiments). Thanks again for being an inspiration!
My client insisted on organic stuff, so I spent a lot of time in this field. My experience is organic fertilizer means the package contains organic matters, but not necessarily means there's no non-organic material mixed in.
Thanks
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Thank you so much for all the time you are saving us clueless gardeners!!
Glad to help. Thanks for watching
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Heading straight to TSC to grab the alfalfa...it's 18.99 this year but everything has gone up and still a great value..love your resourcefulness...sooo appreciated...zone 5 here central.NH and dying to.get in the garden..love your videos!!
It still a good deal
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👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
Thanks
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Thx, u scored 4 boxes of the organic miracle grow yellow and black box from Kroger on clearance 1.48$!!! Bought all I could because that stuff is very expensive!
All this stuff works well... so sales are golden.
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I would be careful with alfalfa. Not only is alfalfa genetically modified in many cases, but it also is sprayed with pesticides. So do not use it if you want an organic garden unless you pick up organic alfalfa pellets. The Standlee Brand does have organic alfalfa pellets. I buy it for my goats.
Good to know!
Gday from Australia. I love your channel Gary and have watched every new video for years. Thanks for all your hard work... keep it up
Ah you guys are getting summer now. Thanks so much for watching.
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Thank you for the information Gary - I learned something new today....
Perfect
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I love your channel, but i think this might be one of your best and most informative sessions. Thank you.
It is so important to understand this. I am glad it helped
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I'm trying Dr. Earth for the first time this year and I'm stunned by how well it performs. I've never seen such healthy plants. The cheap fertilizers use poultry manure which stinks to high heaven in my greenhouse and my grow closet. Not so with Dr. Earth. Amazing stuff.
Good luck this year
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A little bit of bone meal is all that went in my garden this year. Just for the tomatoes when they were setting fruit. Nothing wrong with organic fertilizers. Have plenty in a cabinet. Just don't need them much.
Depends on what you're growing
@@gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340 I do use some organic amendments and do some no till and deep mulch. That said, there isn't much I don't grow.
Thanks, I recognize that bag of garden tone I just bought. I’ll go for the cheaper alternative you provided next time.
Espoma stuff is good. Just look for sales.
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Thank you for the tips it help will who love to do Gardening like me...
Glad to help.
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Thanks for clarifying this issue. Saving money where I can is imperative. I didn't now about some of these things or where to get them. I gave to travel a bit to get to a Tractor Supply store, but it looks like they may have a number of things that I could use to advance my garden. Thank you.
So important to use your money wisely. Tractor supply is fun.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN So glad you said that! Tractor Supply IS fun. The few times I was able to go, I spent hours just looking around at all the cool stuff (that I couldn't afford, but that doesn't stop me!).
Thanks for this info. I never know what to buy!
It is so misleading. Read the ingredients and buy what is cheapest per pound. Lots of sales in Dec and Jan too. That is when I stock up.
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Love seeing the old prices on horse feed. Good old days.
True
Thank u! Its all so confusing..u explain it simply..just in time for my 1st raised bed..
Gary, always good info for each person to make their own decision. I have gone more to organics especially this year and by that I mean compost and worm castings , the latter of which I develop my own and have for years. I had an extra brandywine plant which I put in an area previously where I cardinal flower and that ground had plenty of homemade compost and would be quiet humus. One of the things I did not too long after planting it there,,, I combined fish emulsion 5-1-1 with neptunes harvest 2-6-4 fish hydrolysate I put 2 tbls of each in a 2 gal watering can and fed this plant. Soon after I noticed an explosion of growth not just tall but wide and full, looked like something on steroids and still does. It is loaded with tomatoes and many blooms and buds. Since then I have added even more compost and worm castings, by pulling back mulch putting it down watering in and replacing mulch. In wrapping up I still am amazed each day to venture into my garden and see this particular plant which is not backing off one bit.
Excellent. That is a good mix. And well used as you did early on.
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Haha I love when you pointed out where to find fungus and microbes ❤️❤️
Lol
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Thank you so much, this is the kind of information that is going to take my garden to the next level
Thank you Gary for this very informative and educational video!
I have found the end of the season is a great time to buy those products because they are marked considerably down. I got a number of the same ones you have shown here this season that I will keep for next growing season.
I agree... I do stock pile. Walmart is great for crazy discounts.
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Thank you! I have been using Espoma Citrus Tone & Plant Tone with bone meal and have had good results, but I was swayed to buy Dr Earth. You're right, it is expensive 14.95 for 4#. I'll see how it does on my hydrangeas.
Thank you for that wonderful information, in these COVID-19 times we need this knowledge more than ever.
Glad to help. Stay safe.
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Thanks for the info! Beginner gardener from Kentucky.
Congrats on getting started.
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Thanks, useful information.
Glad to share
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Good to see this catching on. I supplement my chicken and duck's food with alfalfa and beet. They love it. That, combined with their wood bedding and straw from the egg boxes, very quickly builds black soil.
I move my chicken area every fall so that they are picking, eating, and pooping on the spring garden beds.
There's no easier and cheaper way to garden...
Its good stuff
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Nice video. Thanks for the tips!. will have to hit up some of the feed stores or tractor supply
Good luck this year
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Perfect, thank you! I was just about to spend $30 on 16 lbs of organic fertilizer. Organic Fertilizers really start to add up because they have such low NPK andI have lots of heavy feeders.
Right it does add up fast.
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I've been using the Espoma. and it is $$$. My husband thinks it's a hoot that i found and love the tractor store. I can't wait to go back and try the Alfalfa!
I going there today. Got a 10% off entire purchase coupon. LOL
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Garden tone 3-4-4 (npk) - 5-1-2(CA, MG, S) is excellent it also contains colony forming units and humic acid.
All derived from: alfalfa meal, bone meal, feather meal, chicken manure, potash.
That is good. I have used it.
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Very informative as always. Thanks Gary.
Glad to share
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This was super helpful, thanks!
Glad to help.
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Thanks so much! I have some Alfalfa pellets! Had no idea i could use them in the garden! 😂 They've just been sitting on a shelf for couple of years
For sure.
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Thanks for breaking this down Barney style. It’s good to skip the mystical wizardry to this stuff. And it’s actually stuff I see at real stores. Beautiful property, man.
Sure.
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Can you please make a video on how to use Alpha pellets on containers etc.? That'd be awesome!
Awesome Gary! Great tip on the alfalfa.
Its good stuff. Scatter it, one place, on your lawn and you can see its effectiveness.
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Thank you Gary, you are so helpful.
Very glad to help
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Did you ever do a video on using the alphalpha pellets? I wasn't able to find it. Love to follow your videos🎉
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Fantastic video, thank you!!! But was that a miller high life bottle at 9:13? If so, dude ... we gotta get you some better beer.
LOL it was. That is the grass cutting hot sun beer. Low calorie and alcohol. The friends over and beer at night at the firepit, is an upgrade. Thanks
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This video is outstanding! I Appreciate you saving myself & everyone money.... I too have been "suckered" into buying a few of them bags you showed, (except the Miracle-Gro.... No way too expensive!) but not because I seen them in a store, because I watched other videos where they were recommended as "The product to use!"
Argh! I wish I would have found your channel before theirs! Haha
But.... Moving forward I will do so much better!
God bless you Sir!
UT-OH! You forgot about telling everyone about going to their local "fishing hole" and catching a 5 gallon bucket full of blue-gill "sun fish" and coming back and throw them all over the garden then "cut them in" with their tiller ----- my best friends dad took us fishing when we were like 10, we did this, and he always had the biggest most beautiful garden in town.
Well that does work.
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Wow ty for this video I work at a feed store I didn't know that about beet bulp and alfalfa pellets. We do have fertilizer and hay I actually have a compost pile going the alfalfa in it really gets it going. I may mulch a patch with it and beat pulp. Thanks again for the video.
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Always informative! I just started putting vegetable scraps and water in glass jars with lids to ferment and use as fertilizer. I live on an acre, retired and trying to save money where I can. Will buy Alfalfa pellets the next time I'm at the feed store to buy food for my livestock. thanks again
Ill be putting alfalfa out again this fall. All the beds this time.
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most of the alfalfa grown in US is GMO and or grown with heavy pesticide use. You should only use organic alfalfa which you can buy at some feed stores. Slightly more expensive but well worth it.
Yep you can buy organic
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Great info on the alfalfa !!! Thank you 😊
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This is a good idea. I've done similar things with other products. For example, when I adopted my cat 5 years ago, I noticed that his litter box at the shelter had what looked like Feline Pine in it. I checked the stores that carried this product and the average price was around $12 for a 20 pound bag. The country store has 40 pound bags of stall pellets for less than $6. So, I buy a 40 pound bag of pellets to use in my cat's litter box. It lasts about a month. If I had to buy the Feline Pine, it would cost $24 plus tax every month.
It is possible to get wood pellets for a wood stove; but, the ones that I see around here contain an accellerant. I don't buy those to use for my cat.
That's exactly what I use for my cats. Out in the country we have to pay by the pound to dispose of trash. I can compost the stall pellets and not have to pay a fortune to throw away heavy clay litter. It also smells better and is safer for the cats.
Yep that is how you do it. Just found wood pellets to grow mushrooms. Nothing in ingredients but wood. Hope accellerants arent something that can be omitted from a label.
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I have 2 older cats and would be greatly interested in switching to this. Did your cats start on this as kittens or were you able to switch them as adults? Also, I clean the box each night, does the stuff clump together or how do you know when to change it?
@@lynnkerr9204 I started when they were older although one started when he was a kitten. I began by adding it to the clay litter that was already in the box, maybe about half and half. They took to it right away. I kept adding more as I cleaned it out. It does not clump, it will become sort of powdery as it gets wet. It doesn't turn into a solid mass like clay litter. The solid stuff just dries out. You will lose a little when you clean it out but it works so well you might find that you don't have to clean as often. Or, it is so much cheaper you could clean the whole thing out every day or two.
@@lynnkerr9204 I only have one cat. I scoop out the solids every day. Wood pellets crumble when liquids touch them. They don't clump. I change out the litter box once a week. If I had more than one cat that used the same litter box, I would have to change it out probably twice a week. My cat was about 7 months old when I adopted him from the shelter. His litter box at the shelter had pellets in it which I thought was Feline Pine. Any wood pellet product sold as stall pellets is basically the same as Feline Pine and less expensive, depending upon where you live. If you have concerns about whether your cats will use wood pellets, you can introduce the pellets to the litter box on a gradual basis.
I’ve been using alfalfa pellets and making my own bone meal (using chicken bones). I pressure cook the bones and give my dogs the broth, then dehydrate and grind in an old coffee grinder. The money I save gets spent....I bought coco coir mulch because I’m a sucker for pretty mulch!!
Great way to do it.
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Thank you so much for this video$
my first purchase of alfalfa pellets was the best money i ever spent. when i first started using alfalfa i was just after something to heat up my compost but was i surprised the first time i actually used that compost. now i add alfalfa pellets, biochar, layer scratchins & azomite every time i add material to my compost and when i mulch leaves. come spring when it's planting time i grind up beat root, cow peas, oatmeal, pinto beans, rice, split peas, all equal amounts and add a cup to each plant for my organic fertilizer with no need to add alfalfa since i've been adding it all year. my plants must be getting all the nutrients that they need because my produce is beautiful and this summer i had a 22ft tomato plant with several 3+ # (bigboy) tomatoes. i don't mind the extra work nor the money i save and i'm not sure that adding all of those other 'fertilizers' would have done better. i keep my shredded leaf compost separate from my other compost to help keep track of my carbon rich sources.
It is good stuff and nice system!
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Great information. Maybe if and when we get our community garden set up I can get that alfalfa from the feed store. For my own use I would not have anywhere to store it. Thankful for all of the explanations!
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You can buy Alfalfa pellets in smaller bags from the feed stores and even in the supermarket pet Department. Used to fee pet rabbits and I think even hamsters. Less to store than 50 lb bags, but will cost more per pound
Thank you very much!
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Very good info thanks 👍
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Free fantastic fertilizer that is available in LARGE quantities is used coffee grounds from local coffee shops!! 2.1-0.3-0.3, so it is primarily nitrogen, but still! Also other trace minerals your plants need like magnesium, chromium, and calcium (yep, googled that lol).
So true. Good tip.
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I like Doctor Earth for planting grapevines it seems to work better with grapes.
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FANTASTIC!!! WHAT ABOUT BULB FERTILIZERS? PLEASE EVALUATE - THANKS!!!
They do have high P and K which helps bulging and flowering but I havent found them to be worth buying in addition to a basic organic granular with NPK present.
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Good video. Shows people what they’re really getting hype aside. I have been using all the individual product and blending it myself for over 20 years. Bulk kelp meal is also what I use. i put some in my compost and directly in the soil.
Bulk is key. And 20 years cant be wrong.
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Where do you buy bulk kelp meal from?
Green Love There is a garden center near me that carries Espoma products. They sell all the individual products that you would find in organic fertilizers in bulk. I make my own blends. Some goes into my compost and some goes directly into my growing beds, but it isn’t easy to find them in most nurseries. In fact they are the only one that I’ve found them in. So many independent nurseries have closed since Home Depot and Lowe’s came to town. When you do find Espoma products they’re only in blended five pound bags which can get pretty expensive if you have a decent size garden. You can try going to the Espoma web sight to see where you can buy Espoma products. Make a few phone to check and see if any of them carry Espoma Kelp meal. Some nurserys might be willing to order you some, but I wouldn’t get my hopes too high. You can probably find 5 lb. bags but it gets expensive buying that way. I wish you good luck in your search. i’d love to know how you make out. There is a company in Maine called North American Kelp that sells 50 lb. bags but the shipping has to be high depending on where you live. The website is noamkelp. It’s worth a try.
@@Magnabee97 thank you so much for all the detailed information and guidance . I do have over 1000 sq ft of space in my backyard where I am trying to build soil and organic fertilizer is too expensive to buy in 5lb bags, so your info really gives me some pointers. Will let you know if I have a breakthrough in finding organic kelp meal. I like to garden without animal by-product based fertilizer since I have a vegan son who frowns at this :-). Love the recommendations from Gary on alfalfa pellets and beet pulp, I got myself a stash and have already started using it ! Thanks again!