3 great soil improvers - for just $5

500g bags of each

Purchase from The Village Store on Tuesday mornings or during a Fun Bee.

 

Soil is often viewed as the boring part of gardening. These three products will help improve the physical, chemical and biological activity in your veggie patch soil.

So, what does that mean?

Healthy soil = healthy plants

Healthy plants = minimal pests or diseases, bumper crops and fantastic tasting!

McLeods Soil Conditioner

A balanced organic fertiliser. Improves soil fertility by enhancing biological activity. An earthy, fully composite manure plus natural zeolite. BFA organically certified. Purchase more from Noosa Farmers Market every Sunday

Nutri Tech

Nutri-Store Gold™

A "fusion fertiliser" covering all bases - physical, chemical and biological. A fertiliser, soil conditioner and microbial inoculum all-in-one. Purchase more from Nutri-Tech Solutions, 7 Harvest Road, Yandina 5472 9900

NatraMin

Natra Min is the base blend of raw materials that can be used in all soil, pasture and cropping situations. Natra Min is a broad spectrum product ideally suiting soils that are not in specific need of Calcium, Phosphorus or Potassium but require a soil conditioner or stimulant that also re-mineralises to enhance soil health and productivity.  Purchase more from Yandina Feed Barn 13 Farrell St, Yandina 5446 8611

 

Introduction

Soil is often viewed as the boring part of gardening. While garden soil will never be glamorous or even as interesting as choosing plants, there is a whole world under our Wellingtons that literally and figuratively is the foundation for our gardens.

The nutrients in your soil are a vital component in building healthy soil. Just like people, plants need certain nutrients to grow and to fend off disease. Organic fertilizers can be made from plant, animal or mineral sources and are basically returning what was taken from the soil. Organic fertilizers are released slowly, which means that plants can feed as they need to. There is no sudden change in the makeup of the soil which might harm the microbial activity.

Organic matter added to garden soil improves the soil structure and feeds the microorganisms and insects. The more beneficial microorganisms your soil can support, the less bad organisms will survive. The good guys feed on harmful microbes like nematodes and certain soil born diseases. They also release their nutrients into the soil when they die. So the more beneficial microorganisms that are in the soil, the more nutrients will be in the soil. And many types of organic matter add still more soil nutrients to the mix.

Organic matter also contains acids that can make plant roots more permeable, improving their uptake of water and nutrients, and can dissolve minerals within the soil, leaving them available for plant roots.

Veggie Village Plan

The long term plan of Veggie Village will incorporate systems for building up our soil including green manure crops, legumes, compost & worm farm. Until these systems are in place we need a helping hand from outside the village.

“In a permaculture system, we use biological resources (plants & animals) wherever possible to save energy and to do the work for the farm. We use green manures and leguminous trees instead of nitrogen fertilizers... However, careful and appropriate use of non-biological resources in the beginning stages of a permaculture garden is OK if they are used to create long-term, sustainable biological systems. Artificial fertiliser applied can be used to build up biological fertility. By all means carefully use what is available, us it for the best possible reasons, and develop alternatives as fast as possible.”
Bill Mollison, Introduction to Permaculture.

What we’ll use:

 

Worm Castings

Worm castings are a rich, all-natural source of organic matter with lots of nutrients and moisture-holding capabilities.

McLeods Soil Conditioner

A balanced organic fertiliser. Improves soil fertility by enhancing biological activity. An earthy, fully composite manure plus natural zeolite. BFA organically certified. Purchase from Noosa Farmers Market every Sunday

Organic Xtra

Organic Xtra is a premium blend of organic fertilizer pellets containing: composted poultry manure; blood and bone; fish meal and feather meal, seaweed, natural minerals and Sulphate of Potash. Because Organic Xtra is naturally composted, it delivers a slow release of essential nutrients and trace elements, without the risk of burning.

Nutri Tech

Nutri-Store Gold™

A "fusion fertiliser" covering all bases - physical, chemical and biological. A fertiliser, soil conditioner and microbial inoculum all-in-one. Nutri-Tech Solutions, 7 Harvest Road, Yandina 5472 9900

NatraMin

Natra Min is the base blend of raw materials that can be used in all soil, pasture and cropping situations. Natra Min is a broad spectrum product ideally suiting soils that are not in specific need of Calcium, Phosphorus or Potassium but require a soil conditioner or stimulant that also re-mineralises to enhance soil health and productivity.  Yandina Feed Barn 13 Farrell St, Yandina 5446 8611

Nutri Tech
Life-Force SeaChange

A biological activator and foliar fertiliser involving a blend of 60% liquid fish, 30% kelp, 10% fulvic acid and triacontanol (a natural plant growth promotant).    Nutri-Tech Solutions, 7 Harvest Road, Yandina 5472 9900

Natra-Kelp

Liquid SEAWEED  from Tasmanian bull kelp (Durvillea Potatorum) one of the world’s richest sources of micro-nutrients, alginic acid, essential amino acids, minerals and other complex organic compounds.    Yandina Feed Barn 13 Farrell St, Yandina 5446 8611

Regular feeding

Fortnightly Food plants are given foliar feeds of seaweed and fish emulsion like NTS Life-Force SeaChange or Natra-Kelp.

Monthly Once a month 1 tbsp molasses into 9Litre watering can & water whole garden.

For plants that are hungry feeders eg: strawberries you would need to give applications of Organic Xtra every couple of weeks & keep up the seaweed solution.

Seasonal feeding

Autumn & Spring sprinkle Natramin (rock minerals) over your garden and NTS (Nutri tech solutions) Nutri Store Gold minerals