Nutrients from Plants for Composting

 

Nutrients from Plants for Composting

Add minerals to your soil by adding these plants to your compost pile

Name Binomial Nomenclature Na I Fl B Si S N Mg Ca K P Mn Fe Cu Co
Alfalfa Medicago sativa x x
Arrowroot x
Bladder wrack x x x
Borage Borago officinalis x x
Bracken, eastern Pteridium aquifolium x x x x x x
Bridal bower x
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentums x
Burdock Arctium minus x
Calamus x x x
Carageen x x x
Caraway Carum carvi x
Carrot leaves Daucus carota x x
Cattail Typha latifolia x
Chamomile, corn Anthemis arvensis x x
Chamomile, German Chamomilla recutita x x x
Chickweed Stellaria media x x x      
Name Binomial Nomenclature Na I Fl B Si S N Mg Ca K P Mn Fe Cu Co
Chicory Cichorium intybus x x
Chives Allium sp. x x
Cleavers Galium aparine x x
Clovers Trifolium sp. x x
Clover, hop Medicago lupulina x x
Clover, rabbit foot x x
Clover, red Trifolium protense x x
Clover, white Trifolium repens x x
Coltsfoot x x x x x x
Comfrey Symphytum officinale x x x x x x
Dandelion Taraxacum vulgare x x x x x x x x
Dock, broad leaved Rumex obtusifolias x x x x
Dulse x x x x x
Fat hen Atriplex hastata x x
Fennel Foeniculum vulgare x x x
Flax, seed Linum usitatissimum x        
Name Binomial Nomenclature Na I Fl B Si S N Mg Ca K P Mn Fe Cu Co
Garlic Allium sativum x x x
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris x
Horsetails Equisetum sp. x x x x x
Kelp x x x x x x
Lamb’s quarters Chenopodsum album x x x x x
Lemon Balm Melissa offcinalis x
Lupine Lupinus sp. x x
Marigold, flowers Tagetes sp. x
Meadow sweet Astilbe sp. x x x x x x
Mistletoe x
Mullein, common Verbascum sp. x x x x
Mustards Brassica sp. x x
Nettles, stinging Urtica urens x x x x x x x
Oak, bark Quercus sp. x
Oat Straw x
Parsley x x x x
Peppermint Mentha piperita x x
Name Binomial Nomenclature Na I Fl B Si S N Mg Ca K P Mn Fe Cu Co
Pigweed, red root Amaranthus retroflexus . x x x x
Plantains Plantago sp. x x x x x x
Primrose Oenothera biennis x
Purslane Portulaca oleracea x x x
Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba x x x x x
Savory Satureja sp. x
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis x
Shepherd’s purse Capsella bursa-pastoris x x x
Skunk cabbage Navarretia squanosa x
Sorrel, sheep Rumex acetosella x x x
Sow thistle Sonchus arvensis x x x
Spurges Euphorbia sp. x
Strawberry, leaves Fragaria sp. x
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare x
Thistle, Canada Cirsium arvense x
Thistle, creeping Sonchus arvensis x x x
Name Binomial Nomenclature Na I Fl B Si S N Mg Ca K P Mn Fe Cu Co
Thistle, nodding Carduus nutans x
Thistle, Russian Salsola pestifer x
Toadflax Linaria vulgaris x x x
Tobacco, stems/stalk Nicotiana sp. x
Valerian Valeriana ofjicinalis x
Vetches Vicia sp. x x x x x
Watercress Nasturtium ofpcinale x x x x x x x x
Willow, bark Salix sp. x
Yarrow Achilea millefolium x x x x  

Data sourced from Oregon Biodynamics Group article.

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