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Dairy Compost

Dairy compost is a high-quality soil amendment

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Benefits of Dairy Compost:

  • Great source of nitrogen, phosphorus & potassium

  • Both slow release and readily available nutrients

  • Increases moisture retention capacity in the soil

  • Guaranteed pathogen and weed free

  • No unpleasant odor

  • High organic matter loosens soil

Green Waste Compost

Using green waste compost instead of commercial fertilizers has several benefits for your crops:

  • Full of macro and micro nutrients such as zinc and copper

  • ​Both slow release and readily available nutrients

  • Living microbes in green compost create a healthy soil structure

  • Increases moister retention capacity in the soil

  • Guaranteed Pathogen and weed free

  • Fully composted with no unpleasant odor

  • Free of trash

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PRODUCTS WE OFFER

Turning Leaf Organics supplies only the highest quality products to meet your soil amendment needs.

Gypsum

  • Provides calcium and sulfur to your soil and won't buffer the pH of your soil like limestone products

  • Helps open air and moisture channels in the soil, improving soil structure and reducing run-off

  • Acts to counter damage caused to plants by salt

  • Gypsum is actually an element called calcium sulfate that is used to loosen up stubborn, compacted or clay soils

  • Works by pulling together clay particles in the soil to make bigger particles, creating porous spaces for air, water and plant roots

Limestone

  • Ground limestone - most common material used to raise soil pH

  • Consists either of calcium carbonate (calcitic limestone) or calcium/magnesium carbonate (dolomitic limestone)

  • On soils low in magnesium, dolomitic limestone is the preferred form

  • Makes soils less acidic - Acidic soils, referred to by old timers as sour soils, have a low soil pH

  • Soil pH levels can range anywhere from 3.0, very acidic, to over 8.0, moderately basic, in our region. Most vegetables, fruits, and ornamental plants grow best when the pH is slightly acidic, between 5.5 and 6.5. At levels lower than this many nutrients become unavailable to plants even if they are present in the soil, while elements like aluminum become too available and can burn roots

Dolomite Lime

  • Made from dolomite, a type of rock very similar to limestone except it also contains magnesium

  • In North Carolina, dolomite is found only in the mountains

  • Provides calcium for plants, but also supplies magnesium, a nutrient often low in soils in our area

  • Other types of lime you may find for sale include hydrated or slaked lime and quick or burnt lime. These are not recommended for lawns and gardens

Sulfur

  • Plants only need 10 to 30 pounds of sulfur per acre 

  • Acts as a soil conditioner, helps reduce the sodium content of soils

    • This requires 1,000 to 2,000 pounds per acre

  • Sulfur in plants is a component of some vitamins and is important in helping give flavor to mustard, onions and garlic

  • Sulfur born in fertilizer assists in seed oil production, but the mineral can accumulate in sandy or overworked soil layers

  • Sulfur deficiencies in soil are rare, but do tend to occur where fertilizer applications are routine and soils do not percolate adequately

  • Sulfur lowers PH

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