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    Nutrients from Plants for Composting

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    • Categories Farming, Gardening, Soils, Tip of the Day
    • Date April 13, 2018

     

    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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