Azomite

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Does anybody have experience using this? How well does it work is there any concern about lead content?

[PunkRotten]

I have used it before. It works pretty good. There is a member here and his daughter did an experiment with tomatoes. She gave one tomato azomite and the other none. The tomato given the azomite grew much better. The lead content is nothing to worry about. From what I have read it is a negligible amount.

[cynthia_h]

I've used azomite in my container-grown tomatoes, and I've thrown random amounts into my veggie raised beds. It appeared to help; I added it as a general mineral enhancement, so a couple of small handfuls per 8'x4' bed, one handful per 4'x4' bed.

Since I purchased a 5-lb bag originally, the silly thing will probably last me another several years!

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

[dustyrivergardens]

I love azomite more for the way it makes my veggies taste than anything else. Azomite, Green sand, Rock dust it's all good. here is a link I did on Azomite and rock dust. https://dustyrivergardens.blogspot.com/2 ... -soil.html

[PHONETOOL]

I love azomite more for the way it makes my veggies taste than anything else. Azomite, Green sand, Rock dust it's all good. here is a link I did on Azomite and rock dust. https://dustyrivergardens.blogspot.com/2 ... -soil.html

Thanks for that information I'm going to try it.

[Rick Larson]

I used this for the first time this summer. I sprinkled a tablespoon into layers in my compost pile. I don't know, maybe used 20 tablespoons in a 30 gallon amount of compost material (of course, it wasn't 30 gallons after it composted). I also added some Texas Greensand.

I planted fall radishes in this compost that was used to fill the trench I seeded, and the Sakurajima Mammoth radishes grew as big as my head. That never happened before!

Do like the trace mineral contents and am looking forward to using my compost this spring...