Back to Nature
Back to Nature REGULAR COTTON BURR COMPOST and ACIDIFIED COTTON BURR COMPOST are truly nature's perfect soil conditioners. We start with cotton burrs from short staple cotton grown on the High Plains of Texas. Unlike cotton grown in other parts of the United States, short staple cotton must be stripper picked, a method that produces a large amount of cotton burrs through the ginning process. The fleshy cotton burr is important because it is the primary repository of nutrients. Cotton burrs contain a significant amount of NPK (nitrogen, phosphate, potassium), the three macronutrients required by plants, as well as numerous micronutrients. Cotton burrs have a carbon-nitrogen (C/N) ratio of 22:1, eliminating the nitrogen tie-up caused by using wood and wood-based soil amendments.
When properly composted, cotton burrs are a natural fertilizer with a protein content of approximately 35%. This makes cotton burrs an excellent food source for the beneficial soil organisms that help make nutrients available to plants, aerate the soil, and help to combat harmful organisms and diseases. The outstanding ability of COTTON BURR COMPOST to loosen tight, clay soils has long been common knowledge in the Southern United States. COTTON BURR COMPOST also has excellent moisture retention characteristics and unlike peat moss, accepts and retains water easily. REGULAR COTTON BURR COMPOST helps to neutralize soil pH.
