Organic fertilizers

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Organic fertilizers contain materials which release nutrients as they decompose. Organic fertilizers used for bonsai may be made of bone meal, rapeseed, blood meal, bat guano, fish emulsion and other materials.

Organic fertilizers typically are slower acting than chemical fertilizers because they require the action of microorganisms to release the nitrogen and make it available for the plant.

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A primer on organic fertilizer at Old Garden Roses & Beyond


Fertilization Terms
Fertilization: Foliar fertilization | Fertigation | Feeding | CEC ratio | overfertilization | fertilizer deficiency
NPK: Nitrogen (nitrate ammonium and urea) | Phosphorus | Potassium
Minors: Boron | Chlorine | Chromium | Copper | Iron | Manganese | Magnesium | Molybdenum | Sulphur | Zinc
Organic fertilizer: Fertilizer cake | Fish emulsion | Seaweed extract | Bat guano | Bone meal | Blood meal | Biogold | Cottonseed meal | Fish Meal | Chicken Manure | Cow Manure | Soybean Meal | Alfalfa Meal
Misc: Epsom Salts | Rock Dust | Gypsum
Inorganic fertilizer: Miracle-Gro | Miracid | Osmocote | Dyna-Gro
pH: Acidity | Alkalinity | Chlorosis | Vinegar | Lime