Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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February 27, 2024 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 8
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DIY Organic Fertilizer
Hi ya'll,
I'm looking for feedback. I read Steve Solomon's book, "The Intelligent Gardener" some time back. I found the concepts fascinating, but when it comes to building your own fertilizer (especially based on your garden's soil analysis) there were a lot of details and calculations to track. So... I started twiddling with building a webapp to do all the hard stuff. My first incarnation doesn't include a "customized fertilizer for your garden" feature (yet!) -- but it does allow entering various fertilizer ingredients and offers a collection of fertilizer recipes. It also doesn't have its own web address (and I think I need a better name - let me know!). Can some kind souls take a peek at it and offer any suggestions they can think of? https://soilfertilator.solidrockdigi...gnservices.com Give me the good, the bad, even the ugly. I'd like some feedback before I get so far down the rabbit trail that it's hard to backtrack! Thanks for any suggestions you can provide! Gratefully, David Robinson P.S. If you've got a favorite fertilizer recipe, add it in! Also note that ANYONE can currently edit/delete so please be kind. |
February 27, 2024 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: washington
Posts: 498
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First quick glance I'd say way to much nitrogen and not near enough potash and could use more kelp and some basalt rock dust greensand too.
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February 27, 2024 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brownville, Ne
Posts: 3,293
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Hello from an old guy who grew up in Forest Grove and even after sixty years of living in the mid-west still am homesick for the Pacific Northwest.
To your question: It seems like a whole lot more ingredients than necessary. Not being particularly enamored with purely organic gardening maybe your recipe is just what is needed for your place. I know my father had a very large garden in Forest Grove and always said how different it was from the Iowa soil he was used to. Weather was the biggest factor. I am glad to see you included soil analysis into the mix because I feel that is very important to any additions you make to the soil. Couldn't the recipe use fewer and more basic ingredients to achieve the formula you require? Good luck and good gardening.
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February 27, 2024 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 8
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Actually, the purpose of the site is for individuals to create whatever homemade fertilizer recipes they like (perhaps for specific plant families or for times in the season) and I added a couple of place-holder recipes just to get started. I'm wondering if this sort of "recipe book" type application would be useful? And perhaps pointers on how to make the user interface better?
Long-term the most usefulness would come from getting a specific recommendation of what your homemade fertilizer recipe should look like to match a soil analysis of your garden soil. |
February 27, 2024 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 8
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I was just thinking some more about this -- perhaps a more useful incarnation would be for the user to say "build me a recipe that has NPK of 3-4-6 (for example) with X, Y, Z ingredients." And then the webapp does all the calculations to make it so?
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February 27, 2024 | #6 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 8
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(Also, I originally intended this webapp to hold "fertilizer" recipes, but it occurs to me that the "seed starter soil recipe" that you posted would also be a good candidate of something to include in this app!) |
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February 27, 2024 | #7 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 139
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Liming/pH adjustment calculations might be useful also, if you felt like branching out even further. |
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February 28, 2024 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Beaverton, OR
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February 28, 2024 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 8
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@biscuitridge and @PaulF
I've added a simplified minimalist 5-5-5 recipe as the one that is initially displayed. Thanks for your feedback about the default displayed recipe being too complex! @PaulF : I *love* the Pacific Northwest and am only about 20 minutes away from Forest Grove |
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