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[Sunshine]

I didn't compile this. I found it posted on several forums but I can't find an original source-

A list of common materials and their N-P-K values.

Alfalfa hay 2.45 - .50 - 2.10

Apple, fruit .05 - .02 - .10

Apple, fruit pomace (what’s left after squeezing) .20 - .02 - .15

Apple leaves 1.00 - .15 - .35

Barley, grain 1.75 - .75 - .50

Basalt rock 0 - .78 - 1.29 (50% silica, 14 feO, 5 mgO, 8 caO, 3 sodiumO, .24 mnO)

Beet roots .25 - .10 - .50

Bonemeal, raw (2-4) - (22-25) - 0

Bonemeal, steamed (1-2) - (30+) - 0

Cattail reed and stems of waterlily 2.02 - .81 - 3.43

Coffee grounds (dried) 1.99 - .36 - .67

Corn, sweet 1.65 - .65 - .40

Corn, dent ? - .28 - .28

Corn, green stalks and leaves .30 - .13 - .33

Cottonseed 3.15 - 1.25 - 1.15

Cottonseed meal 7.00 - 2.50 - 1.50

Cowpeas, green vines and leaves .45 - .12 - .45

Cowpeas, seed 3.10 - 1.00 - 1.20

Crabgrass, green .66 - .19 - .71

Dog manure 1.97 - 9.95 - .30

Dried blood (12.00-15.00) - 3.00 - 0

Dried jellyfish 4.60 - 0 - 0

Duck manure, fresh 1.12 - 1.44 - .49

Eggs 2.25 - .40 - .15

Eggshells 1.19 - .38 - .14

Feathers 15.30 - 0 - 0

Felt and shoddy (4-12) - 0 - 0

Field bean, seed 4.00 - 1.20 - 1.30

Field bean, shell 1.70 - .30 - .35

Fish scrap, fresh water (2-7.5) - (1.5-6) - 0

Fish scrap, salt water/red snapper and grouper 7.76 - 13.00 - 3.80

Garden beans, beans and pods .25 - .08 - .30

Gluten feed (4-5) - 0 - 0

Granite dust 0 - 0 - (3-5.5)

Grapes, fruit .15 - .07 - .30

Greensand (glauconite) 0 - 1.50 - 5.00

Greensand marl 0 - 0 - 7.0

Hair (12-16) - 0 - 0

Hen manure (fresh) 1.63 - 1.54 - .85

Hoofmeal and horndust 12.50 - 1.75 - 0

Horse manure (fresh) .44 - 17 - .35

Kentucky bluegrass, fresh .66 - .19 - .71

Kentucky bluegrass, dried hay 1.20 - .40 - 1.55

King crab, dried and ground 10.00 - .26 - .06

King crab, fresh (2-2.5) - 0 - 0

Leather, ground (10-12) - 0 - 0

Lemons .15 - .06 - .26

Lobster shells 4.60 - 3.52 - 0

Milk .50 - .30 - .18

Molassas 1 - 0 - 5

Mussels .90 - .12 - .13

Oak leaves .80 - .35 - .15

Oats, grain 2.00 - .80 - .60

Oranges .20 - .13 - .21

Peach leaves .90 - .15 - .60

Peanuts, seeds/kernels 3.60 - .70 - .45

Peanut shells .80 - .15 - .50

Phosphate rock/rock phosphorus 0 - (about 2%) - 0

Pigeon manure, fresh 4.19 - 2.24 - 1.41

Pine needles .46 - .12 - .03

Potatoes .35 - .15 - .50

Potatoes, leaves and stalks .60 - .15 - .45

Pumpkins, flesh .16 - .07 - .31

Pumpkins, seeds .87 - .50 - .45

Ragweed, great .76 - .26 - 0

Red clover, fresh .55 - .13 - .50

Red clover, hay 2.10 - .50 - 2.00

Redtop hay 1.20 - .35 - 1.00

Rice, grain (0?) - .32 - .34

Rice, brown (0?) - .25 - 0

Rockweed 1.90 - .25 - 3.68

Roses, flower .30 - .10 - .40

Salt-marsh hay 1.10 - .25 - .75

Sardine scrap 7.97 - 7.11 - 0

Seaweed, fresh 1.68 - .75 - 5.00

Sheep manure (fresh) .55 - .31 - .15

Shrimp heads, dried 7.82 - 4.20 - 0

Silkworm cocoons 9.42 - 1.82 - 1.08

Spanish moss .60 - .10 - .55

Starfish 1.80 - .20 - .25

Sunflower seed 2.25 - 1.25 - .79

Sweetpotatoes .25 - .10 - .50

Swine manure (fresh) .60 - .41 - .13

Tea grounds 4.15 - .62 - .40

Timothy hay 1.25 - .55 - 1.00

Tobacco, leaves 4.00- .50 - 6.00

Tobacco, stalks 3.70 - .65 - 4.50

Tobacco, stems 2.50 - .90 - 7.00

Tomatoes, fruit .20 - .07 - .35

Tomatoes, leaves .35 - .10 - .40

Tomatoes, stalks .35 - .10 - .50

Wheat, bran 2.65 - 2.90 - 1.60

Wheat, grain 2.00 - .85 - .50

Wheat, straw .50 - .15 - .60

White clover, fresh .50 - .20 - .30

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Ive been doing some research into aquaponics and growing in general as per usual to expand my knowledge about the more fine tuned aspects of using odd things and shaking things up when I came across this beautiful list of GREAT wisdom. A list of N-P-K values I would of never even thought of or maybe even would consider.......

Alfalfa Pellets (3-1-2) avg release 40g/sq ft
Corn Gluten (6-0-0) avg release 15g/sq ft
Compost (1-1-1) slow release 125g/sq ft
Bird guano (10-3-1 variable) fast release 25g/sq ft
Cow manure (2-0-0 variable) avg release 60g/sq ft
Horse manure (5-2.5-6 variable) avg release 20g/sq ft
Soybean meal (6-1.5-2) avg release 20g/sq ft
Worm castings (1-0-0) slow release 150g/sq ft
Kelp (1-0.2-2) fast release 15g/sq ft
Insect manure (4-3-2) fast release 35g/sq ft
Fish emulsion (5-2-2 liquid) fast release 1ml/sq ft
Cottonseed meal (6-2-2) avg release 20g/sq ft
Bone meal (2-11-0) slow release 25g/sq ft
Blood meal (12-0-0) fast release 10g/sq ft
Alfalfa Hay: 2.45/05/2.1
Apple Fruit: 0.05/0.02/0.1
Apple Leaves: 1.0/0.15/0.4
Apple Pomace: 0.2/0.02/0.15
Apple skins(ash) : 0/3.0/11/74
Banana Residues (ash): 1.75/0.75/0.5
Barley (grain): 0/0/0.5
Barley (straw): 0/0/1.0
Basalt Rock: 0/0/1.5
Bat Guano: 5.0-8.0/4.0-5.0/1.0
Beans, garden(seed and hull): 0.25/0.08/03
Beet Wastes: 0.4/0.4/0.7-4.1
Blood meal: 15.0/0/0
Bone Black: 1.5/0/0
Bonemeal (raw): 3.3-4.1/21.0/0.2
Bonemeal (steamed): 1.6-2.5/21.0/0.2
Brewery Wastes (wet): 1.0/0.5/0.05
Buckwheat straw: 0/0/2.0
Cantaloupe Rinds (ash): 0/9.77/12.0
Castor pomace: 4.0-6.6/1.0-2.0/1.0-2.0
Cattail reeds and water lily stems: 2.0/0.8/3.4
Cattail Seed: 0.98/0.25/0.1
Cattle Manure (fresh): 0.29/0.25/0.1
Cherry Leaves: 0.6/0/0.7
Chicken Manure (fresh): 1.6/1.0-1.5/0.6-1.0
Clover: 2/0/0/0 (also contains calcium)
Cocoa Shell Dust: 1.0/1.5/1.7
Coffee Grounds: 2.0/0.36/0.67
Corn (grain): 1.65/0.65/0.4
Corn (green forage): 0.4/0.13/0.33
Corn cobs: 0/0/2.0
Corn Silage: 0.42/0/0
Cornstalks: 0.75/0/0.8
Cottonseed hulls (ash): 0/8.7/23.9
Cottonseed Meal: 7.0/2.0-3.0/1.8
Cotton Wastes (factory): 1.32/0.45/0.36
Cowpea Hay: 3.0/0/2.3
Cowpeas (green forage): 0.45/0.12/0.45
Cowpeas (seed): 3.1/1.0/1.2
Crabgrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Crabs (dried, ground): 10.0/0/0
Crabs (fresh): 5.0/3.6/0.2
Cucumber Skins (ash): 0/11.28/27.2
Dried Blood: 10.0-14.0/1.0-5.0/0
Duck Manure (fresh): 1.12/1.44/0.6
Eggs: 2.25/0.4/0.15
Eggshells: 1.19/0.38/0.14
Feathers: 15.3/0/0
Felt Wastes: 14.0/0/1.0
Field Beans (seed): 4.0/1.2/1.3
Feild Beans (shells): 1.7/0.3/1.3
Fish (dried, ground): 8.0/7.0/0
Fish Scraps (fresh): 6.5/3.75/0
Gluten Meal: 6.4/0/0
Granite Dust: 0/0/3.0-5.5
Grapefruit Skins (ash): 0/3.6/30.6
Grape Leaves: 0.45/0.1/0.4
Grape Pomace: 1.0/0.07/0.3
Grass (imature): 1.0/0/1.2
Greensand: 0/1.5/7.0
Hair: 14/0/0/0
Hoof and Horn Meal: 12.5/2.0/0
Horse Manure (fresh): 0.44/0.35/0.3
Incinerator Ash: 0.24/5.15/2.33
Kentucky Bluegrass (green): 0.66/0.19/0.71
Kentucky Bluegrass (hay): 1.2/0.4/2.0
Leather Dust: 11.0/0/0
Lemon Culls: 0.15/0.06/0.26
Lemon Skins (ash): 06.33/1.0
Lobster Refuse: 4.5/3.5/0
Milk: 0.5/0.3/0.18
Millet Hay: 1.2/0/3.2
Molasses Residue
(From alcohol manufacture): 0.7/0/5.32
Molasses Waste
(From Sugar refining): 0/0/3.0-4.0
Mud (fresh water): 1.37/0.26/0.22
Mud (harbour): 0.99/0.77/0.05
Mud (salt): 0.4.0/0
Mussels: 1.0/0.12/0.13
Nutshells: 2.5/0/0
Oak Leaves: 0.8/0.35/0.2
Oats (grain): 2.0/0.8/0.6
Oats (green fodder): 0.49/0/0
Oat straw: 0/0/1.5
Olive Pomace: 1.15/0.78/1.3
Orange Culls: 0.2/0.13/0.21
Orange Skins: 0/3.0/27.0
Oyster Shells: 0.36/0/0
Peach Leaves: 0.9/0.15/0.6
Pea forage: 1.5-2.5/0/1.4
Peanuts (seed/kernals): 3.6/0.7/0.45
Peanut Shells: 3.6/0.15/0.5
Pea Pods (ash): 0/3.0/9.0
Pea (vines): 0.25/0/0.7
Pear Leaves: 0.7/0/0.4
Pigeon manure (fresh): 4.19/2.24/1.0
Pigweed (rough): 0.6/0.1/0
Pine Needles: 0.5/0.12/0.03
Potato Skins (ash): 0/5.18/27.5
Potaote Tubers: 0.35/0.15/2.5
Potatoe Vines (dried): 0.6/0.16/1.6
Prune Refuse: 0.18/0.07/0.31
Pumpkins (fresh): 0.16/0.07/0.26
Rabbitbrush (ash): 0/0/13.04
Rabbit Manure: 2.4/1.4/0.6
Ragweed: 0.76/0.26/0
Rapeseed meal: 0/1.0=2.0/1.0=3.0
Raspberry leaves: 1.45/0/0.6
Red clover hay: 2.1/0.6/2.1
Redrop Hay: 1.2/0.35/1.0
Rock and Mussel Deposits
From Ocean: 0.22/0.09/1.78
Roses (flowers): 0.3/0.1/0.4
Rye Straw: 0/0/1.0
Salt March Hay: 1.1/0.25/0.75
Sardine Scrap: 8.0/7.1/0
Seaweed (dried): 1.1-1.5/0.75/4.9 (Seaweed is loaded with micronutrients including: Boron, Iodine, Magnesium and so on.)
Seaweed (fresh): 0.2-0.4/0/0
Sheep and Goat Manure (fresh): 0.55/0.6/0.3
Shoddy and Felt: 8.0/0/0
Shrimp Heads (dried): 7.8/4.2/0
Shrimp Wastes: 2.9/10.0/0
Siftings From Oyster Shell Mounds: 0.36/10.38/0.09
Silk Mill Wastes: 8.0/1.14/1.0
Silkworm Cocoons:10.0/1.82/1.08
Sludge: 2.0/1.9/0.3
Sludge (activated): 5.0/2.5-4.0/0.6
Smokehouse/Firepit Ash:0/0/4.96
Sorghum Straw:0/0/1.0
Soybean Hay: 1.5-3.0/0/1.2-2.3
Starfish: 1.8/0.2/0.25
String Beans (strings and stems, ash): 0/4.99/18.0
Sugar Wastes (raw): 2.0/8.0/0
Sweet Potatoes: 0.25/0.1/0.5
Swine Manure (fresh): 0.6/0.45/0.5
Tanbark Ash: 0/0.34/3.8
Tanbark Ash (spent): 0/1.75/2.0
Tankage: 3.0-11.0/2.0-5.0/0
Tea Grounds: 4.15/0.62/0.4
Timothy Hay: 1.2/0.55/1.4
Tobacco Leaves: 4.0/0.5/6.0
Tobacco Stems: 2.5-3.7/0.6-0.9/4.5-7.0
Tomatoe Fruit: 0.2/0.07/0.35..Hot compost kill seed.
Tomatoe Leaves: 0.35/0.1/0.4
Tomatoe Stalks: 0.35/0.1/0.5
Tung Oil Pumace: 6.1/0/0
Vetch Hay: 2.8/0/2.3
Waste Silt: 9.5/0/0
Wheat Bran: 2.4/2.9/1.6
Wheat (grain): 2.0/0.85/0.5
Wheat Straw: 0.5/0.15/0.8
White Clover (Green): 0.5/0.2/0.3
Winter Rye Hay: 0/0/1.0
Wood Ash: 0/1.0-2.0/6.0-10.0 (A note on Wood ash: Wood Ash can contain chemicals that could harm plants and also carcinogens so, they should be composted in moderation)

Feel free too add too the list there are a ton more

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I have merged these two topics and moved them to this sub-forum since they were the same topic.  Lots of good information that should be in the same place. 

Thanks for sharing,
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