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Lava flour (or basalt flour) is used to enrich compost and to combat plant diseases. It adds many minerals to the soil.
Part of a mud brick made from sand, straw, saw dust and 15 % bentonite. Bentonite, a type of clay, can be added to compost or directly to the soil. It helps building up the clay-humus complex to enhance the fertility of a soil.
Agricultural lime made from lime and seaweed. In addition to lime, it contains many minerals that help to improve the quality of the soil or your compost.
Wood ash from our heater sprayed over the compost heap. Wood ash does have fertilizer value. It contains several micro-nutrients but no nitrogen.
