Down To Earth Feeding Schedule

About Down To Earth

Down To Earth has been making dry organic fertilizers in Eugene, Oregon for decades, and they sell them in boxes rather than bottles — which tells you most of what you need to know about the company. The range is built around single-ingredient meals and minerals: bone meal, blood meal, kelp, neem seed, langbeinite, azomite. Most of the line is OMRI listed.

This is the brand for growers who would rather build their own soil than buy a program. Because you are buying individual inputs, you can amend precisely for what your soil test or your plants are telling you, and it works out considerably cheaper per pound than liquid feeding. At 40 products it is one of the deepest amendment selections we stock.

The application chart

The grid above shows Down To Earth’s own Best/Good suitability rating by product and use — it is not a per-square-foot, per-gallon or per-plant dose. Down To Earth’s own chart points customers to their website for exact application rates rather than printing them here. Check the product’s own label or ask us in store for the rate for a specific product and area.

Figures as published by Down To Earth (document dte_fertilizerchart). This chart is a usage guide, not a guarantee — adjust for your own soil, climate and crop.

Download the original chart

Down To Earth’s own file, hosted here so the link does not rot:

• Download the Down To Earth fertilizer application chart (PDF) — the source for the tables above

What we stock

• Single-ingredient meals — bone, blood, feather, fish, alfalfa, neem, kelp, crab
• Minerals — azomite, langbeinite, greensand, oyster shell, gypsum
• Blends — All Purpose, Bio-Fish, Rose & Flower, Vegetable Garden, Acid Mix
• Bulk sizes — worth asking about if you are amending beds or filling pots at volume

Reading the chart

Down To Earth publishes application rates rather than a week-by-week schedule, because dry amendments work on a different clock than liquid feed. Rates are given per square foot, per gallon of soil, and per plant — check which column you are reading.

Amendments need time and biology to become available. Mix into soil two to four weeks before planting where you can, and top-dress mid-cycle rather than trying to correct a deficiency the same week.

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