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Basalt Rock Dust Soil Amendment

$ 36⁰⁰

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Size

10 lbs. 15 lbs 44 lbs.

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Basalt rock dust for soil fertility

Cascade Minerals Basalt stimulates soil microbes, helps build humus, neutralizes pH and increases phosphorus uptake. 100% natural, with no fillers.

Key things we want you to know

Compost: 2 cups per cubic foot.
Gardens and flowers: 10 lb per 100 sq ft tilled in, then 5 lb as a top dress.
Trees and shrubs: 1 cup per inch of trunk diameter.
Minerals: a good source of iron, calcium, magnesium and manganese.

Ingredients

Calcium (Ca): 1%
Magnesium (Mg): 0.5% (0.01% water soluble)
Iron (Fe): 4%
Manganese (Mn): 0.05% (0.001% water soluble)

Application & Mixing

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Compost: Mix 2 cups per cubic foot.
Trees & Shrubs: Use 1 cup per 1 inch of trunk diameter. Spread evenly across the rooting area, rake or lightly till into the soil if possible, and water in thoroughly.
Vegetable Gardens & Flowers: Use 10 lb per 100 sq ft and till in at planting. Use 5 lb per 100 sq ft as a top dress during the growing season, lightly raked in and watered thoroughly.
Container Plants: Use 1 cup per cubic foot of potting soil, mixed in before planting. For surface application, use 1 teaspoon per inch of pot diameter, stirred lightly into the top of the soil and watered thoroughly.

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Reviews (12)

Came bagged and in good condition. Outside of the bag was a little wet but still good to use came sealed.

perfect

perfect, ground finely so that the nutrients were more available to the plants.

Received timely manner, hoping it will help here on my farm bushes, and plants, thank you!

Solid shipping! When an almost 50lb bag of rock dust makes it from Washington to NY without spilling a grain you know your in good hands! Cascade minerals Basalt is top notch, and so is Kis organics!

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