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RE: Make Your GARDEN EXPLODE With THESE AMENDMENTS
All of those are great amendments. I aren’t used any rock dust, as it’s rather expensive for a large area. I find wood ash provides all the minerals I need, plus it alkalinizes my slightly acidic soil. I also use a ton of leaves as they are so available here in MI. I use worm castings for seed starting, and compost my coffee grounds.
My soil is sandy with no rocks, so it’s much different from yours. I use some manures when I have access to them cheaply, usually cow or chicken, but I mainly use my urine for nitrogen if needed by the plants. I totally agree, the more diversity of elements you add to your soil, the more soil life it will support. Finding this elements in abundance and cheaply I think is the challenge.
Yes, we will add wood ash from our stove in the winter. It really help to mineralize the soil. There is some good stuff in there.