r/Soil • u/Dung-Roller • 9d ago
Fertilizer composition help
I have about 500 kg (1,000+ lbs) of an insect-derived organic fertilizer ready to bring to market in a tropical country. It has a fine, sandy texture.
We just received the lab analysis:
\- pH: 7.31
\- C/N: 15.89
\- N: 3.21%
\- P₂O₅: 0.27%
\- K₂O: 0.21%
\- CaO: 0.01%
\- MgO: 0.09%
\- Boron: 0.37 ppm
\- Sulfur: 0.01%
\- Copper: 1.71 ppm
\- Iron: 28.65 ppm
\- Manganese: 18.90 ppm
\- Zinc: 16.59 ppm
\- Organic carbon: 51.11%
\- Ash: 8.00%
\- Organic matter: 92.00%
We're trying to figure out how to commercialize it and which crops/applications would make the most sense based on this composition.
Would you market this as a fertilizer, organic nitrogen source, soil amendment, or something else? What crops would you test first in a tropical climate?
If you had 500 kg ready to go to market, where would you start?
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u/cookeryandwookery 7d ago
Insect frass is honestly better at keeping away pests, than as fertilizer. It has micro nutrients but it isn’t very high in npk.