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Post by lisaann on Mar 22, 2015 9:43:21 GMT -5
Cottonseed meal.
How long does it take for that to break down after you apply it, to be useful for plants?
Thanking you in advance for your reply.
I can't seem to find a reliable source to tell me how long it takes for different organic fertilizers to break down and become useful.
Bone meal is another one that I can't find info on, about how long it takes to break down and be used by plants.
I thought of you! You will know, or know where to look for this info!
Hugs to you!
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Post by octave on Mar 22, 2015 9:51:57 GMT -5
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Post by lisaann on Mar 22, 2015 9:58:42 GMT -5
Hi Claude,
I don't have any cottonseed meal, but I would assume you can find Organic cottonseed meal. Don't know.
But I want to know how long it takes for this stuff to break down.
Do you have any info on that?
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Post by claude on Mar 22, 2015 22:47:53 GMT -5
No Lisa, I've never used it personally. Octive is right about all the pesticides used..I read that it is the crop that uses the most pesticide in production overall.
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Post by kimmsrđź•Š on Mar 23, 2015 6:31:56 GMT -5
How long any type of organic matter would take to be broken down into what plants need will depend on the Soil Food Web. The more active they are in the soil you have the sooner they can make those nutrients available. There is no easy way to tell how long it may take for any organic matter to be digested.
Cotton is one of the crops that is grown using very high volumes of poisons and while there may be organic cotton grown there is so little of that that finding some can be difficult. So given that most cotton has been sprayed with very high volumes of poisons the cottonseed meal is not considered acceptable for use by organic growers today. Some will tell us that there is no poison residue on, or in, this meal, but the same people will tell you that these poison are safe.
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Post by gakaren on Mar 23, 2015 15:54:02 GMT -5
Most years I have a cotton field across the road from me....NO WAY would I use anything that came from that field! I smell & see it when they spray it....not only does it get pesticides & herbicides, it also gets a defoliant to make the leaves drop so they can "combine" it! (think agent orange, that is a defoliant)(not sure what the mix is now, but I still wouldn't trust it, it stinks)
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Post by lisaann on Mar 23, 2015 16:48:46 GMT -5
Well, I was hoping there was a chart with info or something.
But Thanks!
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