Mike,
I had a few comments/ideas.
I always wondered about using the full strength Shutz in the slow release
fertilizer cake recipe?? Seems, redundent and cross purpose?
I USED TO ad liquid kelp/seaweed ( the most expensive ingrediant) but now ad
KELP MEAL, costs a little less but gives more bulk which liquid doesn't.
5lb. meal means 5 lb. more cakes.
Also, I always liked adding that Alaske brand Upstart stuff w/B1 to the mix,
it's made from Molasses.
Also, as I mention in my recipe I published, I don't use the sevin. I never
really had a maggot problem ( they wouldn't hurt/bother me anyway) but My
DOGS just love the cakes! Ummm Good! So I'd be afraid to have it in them if
pets and reachable bonsai.
I pat mine out in old hospital cafeteria trays about 1/2" deep and use
saran wrap on the tray. Just spritz a fine mist on tray and lay wrap on it
and it sticks and won't move. I pull it off with first "Flip". And I use a
pizza cutter to quickly/easily cut them.
Another note, they dry too slow if done when rainy period and/or too humid
and can mold pretty quick ( which doesn't hurt them one bit but people
seemed bothered by the loks) so I make them when I have about 4 days knowing
it will be warm/hot, low humidity with no rain.
I dry mine in my unused greenhouse during summer. Had some trouble with
racoons getting in the 25 or so trays if I left the doors open. They LOVE
that fish emulsion.!!Found the cure for that, I put a radio out there and
let play all night low so neighbors don't hear. No more racoons.
Hope this helps folks,
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Persiano"
Subject: [IBC] Organic feeding cakes
Superfeeding cake recipe:
* 3 parts cottonseed meal (acidic)
* 2 parts garden lime (alkaline)
* 1 part blood meal (nitrogen and iron)
* 1 part bone meal (phosphorus) *
* Mixing solution of full-strength Schultz 20-30-20 and water
* Fish emulsion-5 ounces for every 5 pounds of dry ingredients
* A splash of Sevin (for insecticidal purposes)
Procedure for making Superfeeding cakes:
1. Mix the first four ingredients
2. Add all of the liquids to the dry ingredients except the Sevin
until
the consistency of cooked oatmeal is reached.
3. Wearing a pair of gloves, add the Sevin to the mixture.
4. Spread the fertilizer over an aluminum foil-covered wire rack or
flat tray, cut the fertilizer into 1.5-inch squares with the moistened
length of
a paint stirrer, and set the scored rack in the sun to dry.
5. Once the cakes have completely dried, snap the squares away and
place them in a container for future use. The cakes will keep for many
years if
they are kept dry.
Part = a dry cup measure
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