AVERAGE ANALYSIS OF VEGAN GARDENING AMENDMENTS |
| Veganic Amendment |
Average Analysis N-P-K |
Primary Benefit |
| Alfalfa meal |
5-1-2 |
Organic matter |
| Coffee grounds |
2-0.3-0.2 |
Nitrogen |
| Compost(dry-commercial) |
1-1-1 |
Organic matter |
| Compost(homemade) |
0.5-0.5-0.5 to 4-4-4 |
Organic matter |
| Cottonseed meal |
6-2-1 |
Nitrogen |
| Grass clippings(green) |
0.5-0.2-0.5 |
Organic matter |
| Greensand |
0-0-7 |
Potash and trace mineral |
| Kelp meal |
1.5-0.5-2.5 |
Potash and trace mineral |
| Peat moss |
2-0.3-0.3 |
Organic matter |
| Rock phosphate |
0-3-0 |
Phosphate |
| White clover(green)used as a cover crop |
0.5-0.2-0.3 |
Organic matter |
| Wood ash(unleached) |
0-1.5-8 |
Potash |
FOR COMPARISON: |
| Catle manure |
2-2.3-2.4 |
Organic matter |
| Key: N-Nitrogen P-Phosphate K-Potassium |
| The above data are from Start With the Soil by Grace Gershuny(1993). Rodale |