GREENSAND?? help please.

I just got some greensand and some fox farms bat guano. I know its all good for the plant but i dont know how to use it do i mix the grren sand in with the soil or brew it in a tea? Top dress? No clue here its npk says 0-0-0.1 its espomas brand the bat poo is 0-10-0 im not sure how to use it either.ive got some other stuff too but its liquid.kelp meal liquid bone meal. I have some alaskan humis too j was thing usin that in a tea i wont be "cooking" the soil so im not sure if its ok to add it if it will throw off the ph .i have nector of the gods soil and some fox farn of mixed with light warrior. Someone have any advice?

Actually the bat boo boo is 0-5-0

Top dress both. Only use guano in teas for deficiencies. Get some kelp meal and neem meal too.

Greensand is a very slow release product - months to years. If you reuse your soil or make your own compost, you will like it. If you just throw out your soil at the end of each grow then you won't really get benefit. If you make your own compost, you can throw some in there for the critters to break down for you so its available when you pot your plants.

Mix in your potting soil at about 1/2+ cup per 8 gallons of soil.

jcmjrt said:

Greensand is a very slow release product - months to years. If you reuse your soil or make your own compost, you will like it. If you just throw out your soil at the end of each grow then you won't really get benefit. If you make your own compost, you can throw some in there for the critters to break down for you so its available when you pot your plants.

Mix in your potting soil at about 1/2+ cup per 8 gallons of soil.

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^what he said^

Maybe ill save the greensand for a super soil than.thanks for the info.

hyroot said:

Top dress both. Only use guano in teas for deficiencies. Get some kelp meal and neem meal too.

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why what does it do? i have guano in my SS and use it in most teas

You get better results usually from top dressing and you use less.. With a deficiency. Guano gets broken down quick in a tea and is more readilly available.

Greensand is a sand with a high mineral content. I don't see any benefit to topdressing with it. Mix it into a soil for better drainage and LONG term micro nutes. Bat guano, like all other composts and manures, is great both in soil and in topdressings/teas. I generally keep my manures to less than 10% of my composted material if possible. I LOVE high phosphorus guanos....most readily available manures are high in N. but all manures have higher ammonia content and thus will raise your pH a bit. I topdress with extra compost/manure when I have a long flowering strain and make teas with them when I see nutrient deficiencies arise.
A tea will NOT give you BETTER results, but it will give FASTER results than adding the product directly to the soil. Thus, how you use the products usually depends on what is going on in the garden.

Ive been using my soil than tossing it but i guess i could re add nutrients then compost the soil in garbage bins and constantly have nutrient rich soil without having to buy bags but im no soil expert. Id be willing to learn anything this organic growing is very interesting to me.but im wondering if it will do any good to add greensand to the soil if its "slow release" and three or 4 months might not be enough time for microbes to break it down to a useable form for the plant.or will it gradually add minerals and nutrients to the plant over the course of the plants life?

hyroot said:

Top dress both. Only use guano in teas for deficiencies. Get some kelp meal and neem meal too.

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Also alfalfa meal

Alflafa meal in a veg tea. I used to use it in my soil. I got some neem meal now. that's has a litlle of nitrogen, potassium, phos, magnesium, calcium, manganeses, iron, sulfur, zinc. Its fungacide too. Then I top dress with rock dust, shrimp meal, crab meal, kelp meal, compost and worm castings.