Green Harvest - Organic Fertilisers

Important reasons to choose organic!

Organic fertilisers are of benefit to the soil, not just the immediate crop.
Natural products based on kelp, rock minerals, fish and animal manures have a slow release.
Chemical fertilisers are highly soluble so may wash into the waterways causing toxic algal blooms.
The fast, lush growth caused by chemical fertilisers also attracts pests and fungi to the plants.

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BD 500 Preparation
Aracaria Biodynamic Farm, located in Mullumbimby, New South Wales, are now making available to the home gardener their Biodynamic Preparation 500. This product is made from manure supplied by Aracaria's own lactating cows that has been buried in cow horns during the cooler months of the year. The pure 500 is then embedded in Aracaria's biodynamic Cow Pat Pit compost. The CPP contains the biodynamic preparations 502 – 507 as well as crushed egg shells and basalt dust. Preparation 500 enlivens soil by improving soil structure and microbiological activity and promotes humus formation and water holding capacity. You can divide the preparation into four equal parts and mix in 4 to 8 litres of water. Each part is enough for a seasonal application providing your home garden with a biodynamic feast for the full year or you can use the entire pack to cover 0.5-1 acre. Illustrated application instructions are included. Keep the 500 in its special packaging in a cool, dark, dry place.

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To learn more about BD please see books on the subject.

Biochar Natural Soil Conditioner
The product is made from sustainable poultry litter and olive pit waste. The biomass is heated to a constant 500 degrees C in a oxygen-less environment, converting the organic matter into a fixed carbon Biochar with many valuable nutrients bonded to its porous surface. Some of the world's leading soil scientists have been trialling Biochar with great success; many of the world's leading climate scientists see Biochar as a possible way to mitigate climate change effects as Biochar removes carbon out of the natural carbon cycle and locks it into productive soils for potentially, thousands of years. Biochar's porous structure holds moisture and nutrients and creates habitat for microbiological life. It increases the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of the soil. Biochar is alkaline with a pH 8.5, which will also help reduce acid soils.

Nutrient Analysis:
Fixed Carbon 61.2%
Nitrogen (N) 2.8%
Phosphate (P) 2.6%
Potassium (K) 3.9%
Calcium (Ca) 5.9%
Sulphur (S) 0.59%

Suggested application rates are a minimum rate only.
Potting Mix: add 10-15% of volume
Vegetable gardens and existing trees: 2 handfuls per square metre

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Backyard Boost™

certified product for organic gardens
Many soils lack the nutrients required to produce and maintain healthy plants, trees and lawns. Backyard Boost is an organic, multi-purpose, concentrated liquid fertiliser for optimum garden health and vitality. It offers a wide range of nutrients in a concentrated form, which is suitable for all gardens. Made from kelp, guano, fish and a range of beneficial organic formulations
Backyard Boost can help to improve the long-term health of plants and enhance the quality and flavour of your fruit and vegetables. Ideally, spray weekly for vegetables and monthly for fruit trees and ornamentals.
Made by Nutri-Tech Solutions – Australia's biggest manufacturer of inputs for organic agriculture.
Mix one capful (15ml) to 5 litres of water and apply to soil or as a foliar spray. 1 litre makes up to 330 litres.

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Typical Analysis w/v

Nitrogen (as organic N): 2.33%
Phosphorous (as organic P): 0.32%
Phosphorous (as calcium phosphate): 3.10%
Total Phosphorous: 3.42%
Potassium (as organic K): 0.50%
Potassium (as fulvate): 0.37%
Potassium (as silicate): 0.06%
Total Potassium: 0.93%
Sulfur: 1.78%
Calcium: 7.80%
Magnesium: 0.61%

Iron: 0.77%
Manganese: 0.40%
Zinc: 0.33%
Copper: 930mg/L
Boron: 1100mg/L
Molybdenum: 180mg/L
Cobalt: 85mg/L
Silicon: 4.26%
pH: 5.13
Specific Gravity: 1.3
Conductivity: 34.1 mS/cm

Backyard Blooms™

certified product for organic gardens
BFA Registered Product
Backyard Blooms provides a potassium boost to optimise flower, fruit and vegetable production. This organic, concentrated liquid fertiliser enhances photosynthesis and improves plant health. A lack of potassium can reduce the quality, quantity and health of produce; Backyard Blooms provides potassium in a highly available form, which plants and trees can easily access.
Mix one capful (15ml) to 5 litres of water and apply to soil or as a foliar spray. Ideally, spray weekly for vegetables and monthly for fruit trees and ornamentals. Typical analysis w/v: Potassium (as citrate): 35.2%; pH: 7.5; Specific Gravity: 1.42; Conductivity: 90mS/cm. 1 litre makes up to 330 litres.

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I just wanted to drop you a quick line to let you know how delighted I am with the Backyard Bloom fertiliser. I have been using it fortnightly on my bean plants and am having a wonderful result. Before I used to use "flower and fruit" products because I could never find an organic high potash liquid. I will be using it with all my flowers now as well as my tomatoes!
Kristine of Wallsend NSW

Backyard Box Twin Pack

certified product for organic gardens
BFA Registered Product
Contains 1 litre each of Backyard Boost and Backyard Blooms: use together as a complete fertilising solution for your garden. 2 litres makes up to 660 litres.

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EcoFish Natural Fertiliser Granules
EcoFish is an all-natural, organic fertiliser made in Australia from waste table fish. It contains vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, plant growth regulators, organic phosphorous and nitrogen and a wide range of trace elements. Apply around the base of plants and water in well to promote healthy foliage, enhance blooms, grow vigorous roots and enrich the soil. EcoFish is designed to enhance healthy growth in all plants without fear of burning.
One application feeds for up to six weeks; repeat application every six weeks during the growing season. Can be applied at any time of the year. 2.5kg treats up to 100 m2.

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Twin N organically certified NASAA
A unique freeze-dried soil improver containing high yielding nitrogen-fixing soil microbes to improve your crop and soil. Apply as a foliar spray or via an irrigation system. Benefits are: increased root systems, increased yields, improved soil structure, decreased fertiliser costs.

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Shuttle Seven

certified product for organic gardens (restricted)
This liquid fertiliser has a blend of 7 trace elements and 7 major elements, delivering more nutrition to your plants than previously possible. It is low in Nitrogen, instead it focus on micro- nutrients including boron, zinc, iron, molybdenum, copper, manganese and cobalt to boost the vitality of your soil and plants. Promotes soil microbial activity. Do not apply during flowering.
Application rates:
Home garden use: Dilute 1:200 and spray on foliage.
Small crops, turf and vines 2 – 3 litres/ha
Orchard crops 3 – 5 litres/ha
Broadacre 1 litre/ha

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Organic Link

certified product for organic gardens
A balanced general-purpose plant food without a strong odour; the granular form is easy to use and is suitable for vegetables, fruit, natives and flowers. It combines high quality natural and biological ingredients: blood and bone, natural lime and gypsum, soft rock phosphate, fish protein, silica, zeolite, neem and trace minerals. Add to potting mixes or directly to the soil: N: 5.44 P: 2.75 K: 5.16. Rate of application: 200g/m²; for 120 mm pots use 1 tbsp each season.

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TS107 4 times the quantity for only 2 times the price!

Granulated Kelp - Fair Dinkum
This product is simply organically certified bull kelp (not an extract), collected under license from the beaches of Tasmania. It is washed of salt, air dried, chopped and milled to a granular size. Sprinkle into a vegetable garden bed (1 cup (250ml) to 1.5m²), add to compost, apply to lawn, natives and fruit trees. When applied to the soil, it re-hydrates, swelling significantly in size. It is not recommended to add to water for a spray or watering can application due to the granular consistency. Once wet and in contact with the soil it will start to decompose through microbial action, thereafter releasing over 70 different mineral elements, including every known essential trace element required for plant growth. A full nutrient analysis is available.
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Natrakelp

certified product for organic gardens
Green Harvest has been supplying this Australian certified organic kelp product since 1998. Although it is not readily available to the retail market and there is not a big budget promotions campaign aimed at the gardener, this kelp is used by organic farmers internationally and many Australian scientific studies verify its success in the field in increasing yield. It uses Tasmanian seaweed in a cold-press process. Kelp contains a comprehensive range of trace elements and amino acids essential to maintaining an organic garden. Use it to:

soak seed, seedlings and new fruit trees to reduce transplant stress,
increase fruit production by foliar spraying,
increase tolerance to heat, cold, drought, pests and diseases.

Depending on application rate, 1 litre makes up to 250 litres; 5 litres makes up to 1250 litres.

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Seaweed Plant Starter
Get your seeds, seedlings and cuttings off to a flying start with this seaweed concentrate made from organically certified Tasmanian Bull Kelp. Contains naturally occurring plant hormones for stimulating seed germination and early root growth. Dilute 1 capful (10ml) in 4 litres of water and use to soak your seedlings when transplanting; soak seed in ½ a teaspoon of seaweed solution mixed with 500ml of water; dip cuttings into a 10ml in 100ml of water solution. Can also be used as a foliar spray.
Depending on application rate, this handy-sized 500ml bottle makes up to 200 litres of fertiliser solution.

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Mycormax

certified product for organic gardens
This is a blend of 7 beneficial soil mycorrhizal fungi, which play an important and positive role in plant health, nutrition and water absorption by increasing the surface area of feeder roots. It is suitable for all turf, trees, gardens and vegetables; it is supplied as biodegradable "tea" bags. Especially useful for soils with low fertility, poor water-holding capacity, a long history of cultivation, hot climates, high saline levels, heavy metals present or bare and degraded.
Use: Directly into a shallow hole close to the root system for established plants or when transplanting. For direct seed sowing place a bag every 1m². Reapply once a year.

Quantity required:
Small plants and up to 4 litre pots = 1 bag
Up to 22 litre pots = 3 bags
Up to 66 litre pots = 8 bags

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Lime-Life
A high-analysis source of micronised calcium combined in a free-flowing suspension with fulvic acid and soil-life metabolites. Calcium is the ‘trucker’ of all minerals and virtually all crops will benefit from a calcium supplement. One litre is equivalent to 100kg of limestone in available calcium content. Application rate can vary from 1ml to 20ml per m², the lower rate is a calcium boost, the higher rates raises pH.

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NTS Liquid Humus™

certified product for organic gardens
A rich, dark brown 12% humic acid liquid derived from potassium humates for use as a fertilizer, plant growth stimulant, soil life activator and soil conditioner. It can help buffer the effects of excessive sodium, toxic chemicals and heavy metals. For example, urban gardens may have lead in the soil from paint, or pollution from nearby roads; agricultural areas may have residues from non-organic farming practices. A good source of organic potassium (1.7%); potassium humate (dry) min. 12%. 1 litre makes approximately 100 litres.

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Seed-Start
A fusion of proven germination enhancers based on kelp and seedling kick-starters, designed to promote early vigour and improved plant health. Improves the ratio of beneficial microorganisms in the root zone, which can dramatically enhance early root growth. Use to soak seed, water seedlings or as a foliar spray. N: 2.6 P: 2.45 K: 4.8 Minimum dilution for seedlings is 1:100, so each 1 litre concentrate can make 100 litres of spray.

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Green Harvest Tree Paste - a tonic for your trees
Not to WA
Nourish and protect your fruit trees and vines with this Tree Paste, exclusive to Green Harvest. Save yourself the time and hassle of collecting all the ingredients, as some of them are hard-to-find. This Tree Paste is modelled on the Biodynamic Tree Paste, expounded by Rudolf Steiner and mentioned throughout the BD literature ever since.
It is a tonic for your trees as it includes fertilising ingredients, which stimulate rapid, healthy growth and will help to heal and seal any wounds. It helps build the long-term health and vitality of your fruit trees and roses.
It can be used as a remedial treatment for storm damage, to fill deep cracks and fissures, or as part of regular orchard maintenance, after pruning. Each small batch is hand-made and may include the all-natural ingredients: diatomaceous earth, potassium, sea weed, white clay, cow manure, olive oil and trace elements. One tub will cover approximately 4 trees with a diameter of 10 cm, up to 2m high. For easy application, mix 2 tablespoons of Tree Paste per tree to a slurry using BD 500, or diluted seaweed solution or rainwater. The Tree Paste can be applied to all fruit trees and vines, but only around the base of citrus.

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Green Harvest Tree Paste Kit
Not to WA
Everything you need to nourish and protect your fruit trees and vines this winter.
Includes:

1kg Tree Paste
1 stiff polypropylene bristled brush with comfy grip handle
1 x 100mm pure bristle paintbrush
500 ml Seaweed Plant Starter

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Books with practical information on soils include the following:
Soil Food

How do you decide which fertiliser to use?
For gardeners with large areas, planning new orchards or market gardening, a soil test is essential. It gives you a starting point to judge your soil's improvement over the years and identifies initial problems that have to be addressed. Without the information from a soil test, large sums of money can be wasted on inappropriate fertiliser applications or young trees lost due to nutrient deficiencies.
For home gardeners it is hard to go wrong just adding compost to the soil, with organic seaweed or fish fertiliser to help seedlings along. Organically certified fertilisers such as NTS Liquid Humus and Organic Link can safely be used in any gardening situation. Soils vary a great deal from region to region, in some areas of Australia soils are low in magnesium whereas SE Queensland is the reverse, often far too high in magnesium but low in calcium. As a general rule Australian soils are deficient in trace elements which is why a seaweed spray such as Natrakelp is a useful addition.
Checking with a local organic gardening organisation will give you the benefit of the members long experience and understanding of your area's climate and soils. See our links page for websites.
Why buy organically certified fertiliser?
English is a constantly evolving language and changing all the time. Many words have several meanings and 'organic' is one of these. 'Organic' meaning carbon-based is one meaning used as the opposite of inorganic. Grown without the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides is simply another meaning, that has developed semantically since the early 1900's. This is obviously a valid meaning as the function of language is communication and this meaning is understood by millions of people world-wide.
Organically certified fertilisers are those where the original materials and the processes to manufacture them have been audited by an organic certifying organisation. This means that tests are done for heavy metal residues and chemical residues such as fungicides. To give an example, gypsum mined as rock could be available 'organically certified'; gypsum as a waste product from gyprock manufacture with residues including fungicides could not be 'organically certified'.

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