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20lb bag 16-16-16 Conventional Fertilizer what to do

 
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So I have this anchor around my neck. Help me figure out what to do with it.

20lb bag 16-16-16 Conventional Fertilizer... my original thought was to use 1/4 c to 5 gallon bucket of Bio-Char...

But my BioChar is soaking in
Azomite
Rock Dust other
Sea Salt
Kelp
Fish Hydr.
MicroNutrients
Humate
So i don't want to mess it up. And it would take me 130x 5 gallon bucket to get rid of the Devil Fertilizer.

I'm in California and the practice is to weed whack all the surrounding growth HOA / highway (not my garden/ landscape) to 1/4" to ground and the soil looks as dead as can be. In 6 months the dead material lays nearly completely intact. If only they left 4" of grass.

Should I sparsly spread it on the mostly dead soil hoa / roadside now and let the moist night air and occasional sky dribble break it down before the rains come in 2 months and soaks it in. Best way i can think of to prevent runoff. Other than Biochar.

I could give it to the poor migrants in Napa next week. But they i don't want to encourage that. I'd prefer to buy 20 lbs organic with micro and hand to them.

What the Heckfire do i do with this bag?

 
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Hi G C,
I wouldn't worry too much about giving it to a conventional gardener. Most of them, either don't care, and will be using fertilizer from somewhere, whether your bag or something else... or they are using organic/permie methods already and will politely tell you "thanks, but no thanks".
 
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Hey GC. Don't panic. A 20 lb. bag of fertilizer will not cause the Earth to crash into the Sun.

Lots of lovely, dedicated gardeners use small amounts of commercial fertilizer in certain situations. If they are producing food and feeding pollinators, I say they are welcome. As long as they are building soil depth and tilth, rather than indulging in hydroponic fantasies.

Folks around here think there are better methods of building soil fertility in the long term, and there is reason to believe that is true. One size does not fit all. It's a path of experiment and discovery in our own climates and situations. It takes dedication and time.

So go ahead and offer to trade the fertilizer for other stuff. Why not get value? And then plant the seed of an idea, why you are getting away from unreliable global supply chains and learning time honoured, traditional methods of growing that (say) your great grandparents used with total success and fed their families.
 
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