We follow the "Society for Organic Urban Landcare" standards
SOUL guidelines for products used in garden
Mulches
Newspaper/paper (veggie dyes)
Straw/hay (low weed seed)
Cardboard (low wax)
Woodchips (not chem. Treated)
Bark chips
pH adjustments
Vinegar (acetic acid)
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Growth promoters
Gibberelic acid (willow bark)
Vitamin B1 and C
Indole acetic acid (IAA)
(not IBA or NAA)
Fertilizer (no synthetic)
Compost (heated 60C 5days)
Compost tea Micros: use only if documented deficiency
Raw manure (rabbit, sheep) Calcium: limestone, dolomite lime, gypsum
Eggshells Magnesium :Epson salt (MgS)
Wood ash (not treated) Copper- copper sulphate (CuS)
Fish meal Zinc from zinc oxide or sulphate
Seaweed Iron from ferric acid and ferrous sulphate
Leaf mould
Corn meal/ gluten
Blood meal
Bone meal
Rock potassium (greensand, mica, basalt)
Rock phosphate (P2O5)
Humic acid
Fulvic acid
Vermiculture
Green manure (fall rye, clover)
molasses
Pesticides
Row covers Flame torches(herbicide)
Plastic mulch(removed at end) Baking soda (powdery mildew)
Vinegar 7% acetic acid (herbicide) Milk (mildew and mosaic virus)
Neem oil Garlic
BT (Dipel) Hydrogen Peroxide
Rotenone Infrared radiation
Pyrethrum (chrysanthemum) Iodine
Diatomaceous earth insecticidal soap (veggie fatty acids)
Bordeaux mix (CuS) pheromones
Boric acid (ants)
Cinnamon
Citrus oil
Essential oils
Pine oil
Mulches
Newspaper/paper (veggie dyes)
Straw/hay (low weed seed)
Cardboard (low wax)
Woodchips (not chem. Treated)
Bark chips
pH adjustments
Vinegar (acetic acid)
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Growth promoters
Gibberelic acid (willow bark)
Vitamin B1 and C
Indole acetic acid (IAA)
(not IBA or NAA)
Fertilizer (no synthetic)
Compost (heated 60C 5days)
Compost tea Micros: use only if documented deficiency
Raw manure (rabbit, sheep) Calcium: limestone, dolomite lime, gypsum
Eggshells Magnesium :Epson salt (MgS)
Wood ash (not treated) Copper- copper sulphate (CuS)
Fish meal Zinc from zinc oxide or sulphate
Seaweed Iron from ferric acid and ferrous sulphate
Leaf mould
Corn meal/ gluten
Blood meal
Bone meal
Rock potassium (greensand, mica, basalt)
Rock phosphate (P2O5)
Humic acid
Fulvic acid
Vermiculture
Green manure (fall rye, clover)
molasses
Pesticides
Row covers Flame torches(herbicide)
Plastic mulch(removed at end) Baking soda (powdery mildew)
Vinegar 7% acetic acid (herbicide) Milk (mildew and mosaic virus)
Neem oil Garlic
BT (Dipel) Hydrogen Peroxide
Rotenone Infrared radiation
Pyrethrum (chrysanthemum) Iodine
Diatomaceous earth insecticidal soap (veggie fatty acids)
Bordeaux mix (CuS) pheromones
Boric acid (ants)
Cinnamon
Citrus oil
Essential oils
Pine oil
