Soil Amendments & Natural Fertilizers

with Phil Roudebush

Friday, August 22  |  1 - 4pm

BRN - Core  |  BREG - Elective

What should we do to amend our heavy clay soils? Soil amendments include any material added and mixed into soil to improve the fertility, physical characteristics or beneficial microbial activity in the soil. Fertilizers are soil amendments that guarantee minimum nutrient percentages. This class will discuss basic concepts of soil science and how soil amendments, soil conditioners and natural fertilizers can be used to improve soil quality.

Phil Roudebush is a native of Indiana and lived in Colorado, Missouri, Mississippi and Kansas before moving to North Carolina in 2015. He is a retired veterinarian who has worked in small animal practice, taught in several veterinary schools and did research, product development and technical communication in the animal health industry. Phil has maintained a large vegetable garden, herb garden, pumpkin patch, water garden and a 30-acre native grass hay pasture. He was an Extension Master Gardener in Shawnee County, Kansas before moving to Asheville and is a certified Extension Master Gardener Volunteer in Buncombe County.

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The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, United States