Pelleted Organic Fertilizer
Going organic is the best way to make a
wonderland out of your front and back yards.
Unfortunately, choosing the right organic fertilizer can
be a headache, especially for those who've just taken up
gardening as a hobby. This article
will help you decide on what type of organic fertilizer you might want to
use for your plants.
 Currently, there are many kinds of organic
fertilizers on the market, such as fish emulsions,
seaweed extracts, corn meal, bone meal, kelp extract, etc. and
they come in different forms, e.g. liquid, powder,
granular or pelleted organic fertilizers.
The liquid
organic fertilizer is applied via foliar spray while the
powder form can be applied like tea. Each has their
own advantages and disadvantages and many plant growers debate
over the merits of one or the other.
The third
form of organic fertilizer is the granular or pelleted organic
fertilizer, which was late to come to
the market (the pelleted organic fertilizer technology is
quite new). However, pelleted organic fertilizer is
becoming the superior organic fertilizer form over the
other two — liquid and powder, because pelleted
organic fertilizers are cheaper when compared to foliar liquid
organic fertilizers or the powdered
teabag forms. Pelleted organic fertilizers also have the
slow-release capability.
The slow-release
property allows the fertilizer to gradually release the
nutrients into the soil. This allows the plants time to absorb and use
them as needed throughout the growing season. In
this regard, the pelleted organic fertilizer also helps
prevent leaching (a common side-effect of liquid-based
fertilizers) and soil erosion.
Since it's
organic-based, pelleted organic fertilizers contains only a
minimal amount of chemicals (minimal because no commercially
produced pelleted organic fertilizer is 100% natural).
The low chemical content makes it an ideal
nutrient-source not only for plants but to the soil microorganisms
as well.
Pelleted organic fertilizers come from different
sources of organic materials. Most on the market today
are produced from sea by-products.
Fish
emulsion pelleted organic fertilizers are highly valued for
its rich trace element content. Pelleted organic fertilizers made from seaweed
extract are also a popular favorite among plant growers
because it is virtually a powerhouse source of trace elements
and nitrogen.
Another pelleted organic fertilizer that
is based on sea-produce is the crab shell pelleted organic
fertilizer. Rich in plant vitamins and minerals, this pelleted
organic fertilizer is also valued as a potential
pest-controller with its high chitin content.
Pelleted organic fertilizers can also be
made from poultry litter, farm manure, and bat guano.
Chicken farms have been using organic fertilizer plants to convert their
farm wastes into pelleted organic fertilizers for plant use.
Another pelleted organic fertilizer is the bat guano. Commonly
comprised of 10 percent nitrogen and 2 percent phosphoric
acid, the bat guano pelleted organic fertilizer is a
high-protein, slow-release, and soluble type of pelleted organic fertilizer.
There are
various other sources of pelleted organic fertilizers. Samples
of these pelleted organic fertilizers are bone meals, corn
meals, magnesium and potash from grounded ancient bedrock, and
several others.
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