My gardens and especially my vegetable garden is standing out as an organic, strong and healthy garden that is free of pollutants. For me vegetable garden fertilizer on a organic basis is an important part of organic gardening. If you’re new to vegetable gardening, or you just want to increase your knowledge in the area of vegetable garden fertilizer, you should read on. In this article we will discus vegetable garden fertilizer and the nutrients that they offer.

 Organic vegetable garden fertilizer is not for vegetarians

Blood, bone, and fish meal is a very cost-effective vegetable garden fertilizer.  It is not as rich in nutrients as some of the other fertilizers we will be discussing, but if potassium is what you require, it has lots of it. However, it does not contain nitrogen, phosphorus, or any trace elements.

Vegetable garden fertilizer # Bone Meal

Bone meal vegetable garden fertilizer should only be obtained from a highly trusted source, because it absolutely must be sterilized. This is so, because the raw version may contain Anthrax. It contains a bit of nitrogen a high level of phosphorus (good for boosting root growth), but no potassium or trace elements.

Vegetable garden fertilizer # Dried Blood

Dried animal blood is a quick-acting nitrogen vegetable garden fertilizer. It is best used from early spring to early summer. If used in late-season, it could result in the dried blood being washed away into the subsoil, thereby losing its usefulness. It is also a common container garden fertilizer, because there is no subsoil in container gardening. It offers nitrogen and a bit of phosphorus, but no potassium or trace elements.

vegetable garden fertilizer # Dried Manure

Dried manure is one of the most common vegetable garden fertilizer.  It can be used at any time of the season. Dried manure does not contain all that much in the nutrients (i.e. nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) department, but it does have a rich trace element quality.

Vegetable garden fertilizer # Hooves and Horns

As with blood, bone, and fish meal, hooves and horns are a cost-effective organic garden fertilizer. It is a great source of nitrogen, but it is only gradually released into the soil, which is why this fertilizer should be applied about two to three weeks earlier than most others. Nitrogen is great for the pH of your soil, so this is an added benefit of this fertilizer. It also contains a bit of phosphorus, but no potassium or trace elements.

Vegetable garden fertilizer # Seaweed Meal

Seaweed meal is a very well-balanced organic garden fertilizer and this one can be used also by vegetarians. It is a slow releasing fertilizer so just as the hooves and horns it should be applied about two or three weeks earlier. It contains a bit of nitrogen, a bit of phosphorus, a bit of potassium, and a complete range of trace elements.

There are many vegetable garden fertilizer but if you are wise you go for the organic ones. It is better for the environment and because we are eating our vegetables it is also better for our health.