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  • Soil Test Results — Advice for Fertilizer

    Created by GreenForlife on September 22, 2007 at 9:49 am

    Hi-

    I just got my soil test results back and they recommended the following fertilizers:

    10-0-10 – 1 lb now, 1 lb in 4 weeks

    0-0-22 – 3/4 lb

    Limestone – 10 lb

    I can not find a 10-0-10 fertilizer anywhere. I’ve been reading up on what the numbers means and I’m seriously confused. Could someone possibly suggest what I can use instead of this? I see I can buy the 0-0-22 here, but what do I do about the 10-0-10?

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  • May 23, 2007 at 11:43 am #13813

    organic_gardener
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    Green for Life – Are you sure that the fertilizer recommendation was 10-0-10 or was it 10-10-10, which would be a basic all-purpose organic fertilizer? Also, How big is your garden area?

    May 23, 2007 at 5:32 pm #13814

    GreenForlife
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    Yes – 100 % sure

    10-0-10 and 0-0-22 my Phosphorus is 121 PPM where it should be 30-50 according to them- My garden is 128 Sq FT – The local gardening store recommended I use 45-0-0 and 0-0-60 and sclae it back, but I have no ideas what that means – This is all new to me

    May 23, 2007 at 6:05 pm #13815

    pn-admin
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    Green for Life – The numbers found on a fertilizer bag are the percentage by weight of the N, P, and K found in the fertilizer. For example, a 50 lb. bag of a 10-0-10 fertilizer would have 5 lbs. of Nitrogen, 0 lbs. of phosphorous and 5 lbs. of potassium in it. I personally have never seen a fertilizer marked 10-0-10, but what you could do is take a bag of greensand (0-0-7) and a bag of alfalfa pellets (5-1-2) or blood meal (13-1-0) and get real close. It looks to me like they want you to boost your nitrogen and potassium levels without adding phosphorous. I'm not sure that this can be done as most fertilizers include phosphorous… but you can get real close! Find the aforementioned products here!
    https://www.planetnatural.com/product/greensand-7-5-lb/
    https://www.planetnatural.com/product/alfalfa-pellets-50-lb/
    https://www.planetnatural.com/product/dr-earth-blood-meal/

    Hope this helps!

    September 22, 2007 at 9:49 am #13852

    Anonymous
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    I think that if you mix
    2 lb. Blood Meal (13-1-0)
    and
    1 lb. Organic Potash (0-0-30)

    you will have 3 lb. of fertilizer between (8-0-10) and (9-1-10).

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