Amending the garden beds... ..rock dust, compost, worms!!

Amending the beds for a new crop! We're using rock dust, compost, and tons of WORMS!! We're using Azomite, as a rock dust, it's full of ancient sea life and a very powdery, fine dust! http://www.rawutah.com/

You can find it locally or online, from places like groworganic.com

You can also create your own rock dust from crushing rocks, or source it at local rock yard. The more diversity the better...

For more information on soil...check out SECRETS OF THE SOIL" by Tompkins and Bird.

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[mreisma]

yeaaaah, i just found the only bag of azomite on the island. picking it up tomorrow. do you notice a reduced amount of pests and disease since using it?

[rawutah]

@mreisma that is determination...congrats my friend! My observation is that it helps grow ALL AROUND healthier plants..that can withstand pest and disease more readily! Then they pass on that health to us...! Happy Growing...lemme know how it goes...

[mreisma]

why would you prefer azomite over the other rock dusts like glacial or basalt?

[rawutah]

mreisma, found a love for Azomite, after reading Secrets of the Soil, I liked that the quarry was here in Utah, and that it had up to 70 of the known trace minerals. It's the finest, most powdery, almost graphite like dust..that I've come across.

[rawutah]

I'm also using locally mined and crushed volcanic cinders and Greensand...another popular rock dust...a little more grainy. But am mixing as many together as I can...haven't tried glacial or basalt..but would like to!! Will be starting to gather more local dusts as I hike around...the canyons around here...the more dis -similar the rock dusts..in the soil the better!

[rawutah]

check out david wolfe's noniland agricultural farm videos from hawaii..he's using ocean water, river silts, spirulina and local dusts....crazy cool operation....very healthy plants. I wouldn't ship azomite to the islands either...aloha.

[curandero2012]

You should add more rock dust to your soil!!

[hookupu123]

Call The Farm Lot directly at (808) 224-4918. The Farm Lot is a fruit orchard that uses the minerals to naturally amend the soil with mulch and to keep the black ant populations from over taking the citrus trees... (takes about 3 weeks to kick in). 

[hookupu123]

The Farm Lot in Makaha Hawaii distributes Hawaiian basalt rock dust, red cinder sand and silt minerals wholesale for farm and garden use. Check your local Ace Hardware for the product. If you're a farmer with (1+ acres of working farm) you get the product at wholesale prices.

[TheCaosClan]

why are you useing a coppER shovel?

[peppersnsmartpots]

Compost, rock dust and a little love is all that is needed! I use a mix AZOMITE, glacial rock dust and rock phosphate along with compost and fresh brewed compost tea. My veggies are always so happy all pests leave them alone. Happy plants take care of themselves.

[marchetta67]

I thought Red Wigglers weren't ideal for gardens, since they spend most of their time on top of the soil. Unlike earthworms, which live beneath the soil aerating it.

[sunflowereyes1]

@mreisma Hey I live in Hawaii too. have you found a solution? I am interested in rock dust as well.

[mreisma]

i saw those vids, i even messaged him or whoever put up those videos, they never got back. his noniland, i think is on a different island but im gonna email noniland and see what they say, thanks.