Organic Gardening

Organic products make your lawn and garden safer for people and pets alike. 

Many principles of organic gardening – using manures and compost, and taking measures to deter pests and diseases rather than simply destroying them with chemicals – are familiar to most gardeners.  However, preventing problems organically isn’t always easy.  Luckily today there are numerous organic products to make a safe lawn and garden for people and pets much easier.

ORGANIC GARDEN FERTILIZERS

Dr. Earth LIFE All Purpose Fertilizer

  • A superior
  • Natural and organic
  • Same great pro-biotic formula with beneficial soil microbes and Mycorrihizae
  • Weatherproof bag or bucket with resealable lid
  • Easy to use homogenous pellets can be broadcast on top of soil
  • Fast, long-lasting results
  • Easy to use homogenous pellets can be broadcast on top of soil.

Dr. Earth Rose & Flower

  • A superior blend of cottonseed meal, fish bone meal, Fish meal, alfalfa meal, kelp meal, mined potassium sulfate,soft rock phosphate, seaweed extract and PRO-BIOTIC™ seven champion strains of beneficial soil microbes plus Ecto and Endo Mycorrhizae.
  • Feeds all roses (including bare root)
  • Contains PRO-BIOTIC™ Seven Champion strains of beneficial soil microbes plus ecto & endo Mycorrhizae.
  • 100% natural and organic
  • Superior buds and blooms.
  • Exceptional results because nutrients are released quickly

Espoma Plant-Tone

  • Plant-tone is an organic, complete fertilizer that can be used on almost any type of plant.  If ever in doubt, this is the fertilizer to use!
  • Now containing Bio-tone beneficial microbes!
  • For optimum results, this product should be applied April 1st, May 15th, July 4th and October 1st.
  • established plants, this fertilizer should be worked into the soil around the drip line and then watered in thoroughly.
  • For new plantings, Plant-tone could be mixed well with the soil and then back filled into the hole so that it is readily accessible to the plant or simply broadcast around the dripline after planting.  For new plantings, fertilize at half of the recommended rate.

Espoma Holly-Tone

  • Holly-tone is our recommendation for fertilizer for acid-loving plants.  It is an organic plant food with all of the essential nutrients.
  • Now containing Bio-tone beneficial microbes!
  • How is this product different from Plant-tone? Holly-tone is comprised of 1.9% ammoniacal nitrogen which turns the product acidic.
  • Great for Azaleas, Rhododendron, Dogwoods, Holly, Mountain Laurel, Blueberries and Pieris.
  • For optimum results, this product should be applied April 1st, May 15th, July 4th and October 1st.
  • For established plants, this fertilizer should be worked into the soil around the drip line and then watered in thoroughly.
  • For new plantings, Holly-tone could be mixed well with the soil and then back filled into the hole so that it is readily accessible to the plant or simply broadcast around the drip line after planting.  For new plantings, fertilize at half of the recommended rate.

Espoma Berry-Tone

  • Grow larger plants with more fruit
  • Long lasting, slow-release feeding with our exclusive Bio-tone Microbes
  • Use on all berries – Blueberries, Strawberries & Raspberries.
  • Feed twice per year ~ Early Spring and late Spring (45-60 days after early spring application).
  • Apply 1 cup per foot of branch spread. Double the quantity if branch spread is three feet or larger.
  • Preparation of new bed: Mix 10 lbs. per 100 square feet and incorporate into the top four or five inches of soil. Feed established beds 5 lbs. per 100 square feet.
  • Sprinkle fertilizer around drip line of plants

Espoma Rose-Tone

  • Rose-tone is a long-lasting, slow-release, organic complete fertilizer specifically designed for roses that will not burn or leach away. Rose-tone contains organic matter rich in vitamins and beneficial microbes to improve soil.
  • This product is great if you are an organic gardener but we recommend Bayer’s 2-in-1 Rose Care that contains fertilizer as well as an insecticide for aphids, mites, thrips and rose midges.

Espoma Garden-Tone

  • Grow delicious cool and warm season vegetables like lettuce, kale, tomatoes, peppers & squash
  • Use for herbs like basil, chives, sage, rosemary, parsley & oregano
  • Long lasting, slow-release feeding with our exclusive Bio-tone Microbes
  • Grow an abundant harvest of nutritious & flavorful vegetables
  • 100% natural & organic ingredients with no fillers or sludges

Espoma Bio-Tone

  • The Ultimate Starter Fertilizer with both Endo & Ecto Mycorrhizae
  • Grows larger root mass to help plants establish fast
  • Reduces transplant loss
  • Promotes bigger blooms
  • Microbe enhanced all natural organic fertilizer with no sludges or fillers
  • Use at time of planting to help produce large root systems very quickly.  This will help ensure that new plantings get maximum water and nutrients from the soil to minimize transplant loss.

Espoma Garden Food

  • Agricultural grade all purpose plant food
  • A general purpose garden food that provides the three major nutrients in equal amounts.
  • Promotes vigorous growth in all flowering plants and vegetables.
  • Use any time in the growing season – Spring application is best. Never apply fertilizer to frozen ground.  Be certain to follow all local laws regarding fertilizer application.
  • Do not place fertilizer directly on seeds or plants. Keep at least 3 inches away. Cultivate the fertilizer into soil. Be careful not to disturb roots or seeds. Repeat feedings every four weeks throughout the growing season.  Water after feeding.

Espoma START

Helps plants establish fast
Promotes rapid root growth
24 oz. concentrate

Espoma GROW

Plants establish fast
Encourages deep, green foliage
24 oz. concentrate

Espoma BLOOM

Promotes Flower & Fruit Production
Promotes & prolongs flowering
24 oz. concentrate

ORGANIC INSECT & DISEASE CONTROL

Neem Oil

  • 3 products in 1 – fungicide, insecticide & miticide!
  • Natural and organic
  • For indoor and outdoor use on ornamental flowering plants, trees, shrubs, foliage plants, vegetables, fruits and nuts.
  • Controls fungal diseases such as black spot, mildews, rusts and scab.
  • Kills mites and insects including whiteflies, aphids and scale.
  • Can be used up to day of harvest.
  • Derived from the oil of the Neem tree
  • Do not apply to wilted or otherwise stressed plants or to newly transplanted materials prior to root establishment.
  • Do not apply to known sensitive plant species such as impatiens, fuchsia, hibiscus, some roses, ornamental olive trees and some carnation varieties without prior testing.
  • Apply in early morning or late evening only.

All Seasons Horticultural & Dormant Spray Oil

  • A superior type parafinic oil that may be used as a growing season spray, dormant spray (no leaves) or delayed dormant (green tip) spray to control overwintering eggs of red spiders, scale insects, aphids, bud moths, leaf roller, red bug, codling moth, blister mites, galls, whitefly, mealy bugs and other insects.
  • Highly recommended for use on fruit trees, shade trees, shrubs, ornamentals, roses and vegetables.

Captain Jacks Deadbug Brew

  • Contains Spinosad, a naturally occuring soil dwelling bacterium that was collected on a Caribbean island from and abandoned rum distillery in 1982.
  • Kills bagworms, borers, beetles, caterpillars, codling moth, gypsy moth, loopers, leaf miners, spider mites, tent caterpillars, thrips and more!
  • Use on fruits, vegetables, berries, citrus, grapes, nuts and ornamentals.

Calcium Chloride

  • Controls diseases such as powdery mildew and a gray mold called botrytis
  • Use on susceptible home crops such as squash, cucumbers, other veggies, herbs, certain flowers and others.
  • A sprayer full of the product will last a long time as it doesn’t degrade easily, allowing you to keep the same sprayer full of product all season long or until it runs out.
  • OMRI listed
  • Low cost
  • Supplies readily available calcium to plants to help withstand a fungal attack
  • Mix 2½ TBSP in a 2 gallon pump sprayer.
  • Spray susceptible plants twice weekly during the growing season

ORGANIC WEED CONTROL

Bonide BurnOut®

  • Made with natural ingredients
  • BurnOut® is safe for use around people and pets when used as directed.
  • Kills all types of actively growing weeds and grasses.
  • Very fast acting, is rainproof when dry, works at temps as low as 40 F, and does not translocate.
  • Great for use around borders, driveways, sidewalks, around the base of mature trees, around buildings, fence lines, barns and pastures, school grounds, in greenhouses, and other areas where safe, effective, non-selective weed control is desired.

Bonide Weed Beater® Fe

  • Contains naturally occurring IRON (FeHEDTA)
  • People and pet safe.
  • 5 in 1: Kills broadleaf weeds, disease, moss, algae, plus greens up lawns.
  • Works fast (hours), in low temps.
  • No unpleasant odor.
  • Re-seed in only 1 day, and can apply to new grass after only 1 week!

ORGANIC PEST CONTROL

Sluggo Snail & Slug Bait

  • Now you can kill slimy slugs and snails that are eating your plants without fear of poisoning your pets!
  • The active ingredient in SLUGGO® is iron phosphate so it is an organic compound that breaks down into fertilizer in your yard.
  • SLUGGO® can also be used in vegetable and berry gardens up to the day of harvest.
  • SLUGGO® is used the same as the other bait materials. Simply scatter in the evening where snails and slugs feed. Once they have eaten the bait they crawl back under the plants to die. It is slower acting than metaldehyde but is active on the soil surface longer that other baits.
  • The biggest advantage to SLUGGO® is that it provides an effective alternative to traditional snail and slug baits. Sluggo can be used around domestic animals and wildlife.
  • No longer must you fear slug and snail baits!