What exactly is “Greensand?”
Greensand is a mineral called glauconite, which is found on the ocean floor and mined for use as an organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. Espoma GreenSand supplies marine potash, silica, iron oxide, magnesia, lime, phosphoric acid, and 22 trace minerals. I’ll be using GreenSand on my “hard as a rock” clay soil this spring, to help improve its texture, and enrich the nutrient content of my soil without using chemicals.
The problem with chemical fertilizers is, that while they are feeding your plants and lawn, they are starving your soil, by also killing earthworms, microbes,and other life forms that are naturally present in healthy soil, breaking down organic matter, providing nutrients and keeping the soil aerated. Without the work of those microbes, soil becomes sterile and compacted, making it more and more dependent on chemical additives as time goes by. I’m going to reverse that process in my own yard by using organic products that not only feed my plants, they make my soil more fertile and self-sustaining. I hope over time to transform my barren soil into fertile, self-sustaining earth.
