Lawngevity Soil Conditioner

Paonia Soil Co. has been perfecting their soil recipes since 1990. They learned first hand that the best technologies don’t work against nature, they work with it. When they brought our mixes to market in 2012, their family-owned business changed the way Colorado grows.

This specially designed soil conditioner is the first organic, full-spectrum lawn and landscape amendment on the market.

Lawgevity® is a full-spectrum Lawn and Landscape Soil Conditioner, specifically designed to increase organic matter which holds water in the soil. 

A little goes a long way with this concentrated conditioner. One yard amends between one half and one-quarter of an acre! And it can be applied to established lawns only once every two years.

The Ingredients

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Coconut Husk Peat

Coco peat is a proven natural alternative to mined peat moss. Using it helps slow down peat extraction from environmentally sensitive swamps worldwide. Coco coir peat will last three times as long as peat moss and sphagnum peat moss. Unlike peat moss, coco coir is hydrophilic and will re-wet easily without using wetting agents. It can hold up to 8 times its own weight in water. Used as a growing medium/potting medium, coco coir outperforms most of the popular brands of peat and sphagnum peat.

Coco coir peat promotes healthy root growth in plants. This eco-friendly alternative to peat moss is derived from the husk of the coconut. Coco coir is an excellent growing medium for both commercial and home gardening applications. The hydroponics and horticulture industries have observed that plants grown with the aid of coir develop larger roots, stems and blooms. This is because unlike ordinary soil, which is usually compacted, coco peat provides more breathing space and aeration for plant roots, resulting in better growth.

Coco peat is included in Original Bomb™, 50/50 and Raised Bed Mix, and is not included in Sphagnum Bomb™.

Dynamic Dressing

High nitrogen, Biodynamically prepared chicken compost, fully composted at over 140F and then cured. Non windrow turner turned and perfectly carbon to nitrogen balanced with natural sawdust for higher microbe species and more nutrients.  In addition to the biodynamic preps that are inserted into the pile we inoculate with beneficial nematodes as well as the Stratiolalapse S beneficial.  These great micro-arthropods will patrol your soil looking for pest insects to devoure and provide the crucial final layer of the soil food web delivering the organic nutrients to your plants.

Rice Hulls

Organic, non-GMO rice hulls provide silica, aeration and drainage for the blend.

Oyster Shell Flower

Sphagnum Peat

Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as “peat moss” though they are different as peat moss has a more acidic pH level. Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 to 26 times as much water as their dry weight, depending on the species. The empty cells help retain water in drier conditions.

Our Coarse Grade Peat Moss is ideal for plant propagation. It boasts an excellent air filled porosity (AFP), allowing roots to grow and expand to their maximum capacity. It is also preferred by mushroom growers for its fibre structure and water absorption properties.

Sphagnum peat is included in Sphagnum Bomb™, 50/50 and Raised Bed Mix, and is not included in Original Bomb™.

Azomite

A natural trace mineral source, AZOMITE® is unique highly mineralized ore that is a complex silica (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminosilicate or HSCAS) mined in Utah from a deposit left by an ancient volcanic eruption that was ejected out of the side of a mountain. The volcanic ash filled a small nearby sea bed. The combination of seawater, fed by hundreds of rivers rich in minerals, and the rare and abundant minerals present in volcanic ash created the AZOMITE® deposit which is found nowhere else on Earth. The deposit is very old, perhaps as much as 30 million years. Today, the geologic characteristic is an outcropping known as a hogback.

Mastadon Peat

Harvested from an archeological excavation in the Colorado Rockies, this amazing organic material is over 45 million years old and has large amounts of humic and fulvic acid.  It was the ancient plant mater surrounding actual mastodon and mammoth remains.

Humic Acid makes nutrients more absorbable. Essentially highly concentrated ancient organic matter. Humic acid is a principal component of humic substances, which are the major organic constituents of soil (humus), peatcoal, many upland streamsdystrophic lakes, and ocean water.[1] It is produced by biodegradation of dead organic matter. It is not a single acid; rather, it is a complex mixture of many different acids containing carboxyl and phenolate groups so that the mixture behaves functionally as a dibasic acid or, occasionally, as a tribasic acid.

Humate

Complex organic acids that help to acidify the soil and improve nutrient uptake.

Mycorrhizal Inoculant

12 strains of symbiotic root organisms that increase uptake of nutrients and water.

Worm Castings

Vermicast (also called worm castings, worm humus, worm manure, or worm faeces) is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms. These castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than the organic materials before vermicomposting.

Vermicompost contains water-soluble nutrients and is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner.

Kelp Meal

Kelp meal is a very high quality organic fertilizer. With an N-P-K ratio of approximately 1-0-2, it is a good source of nitrogen and potassium. It also contains minerals, amino acids, and trace amounts of other micronutrients. Kelp meal is seaweed, specifically Ascophyllus nodosum, and is harvested from the ocean. We primarily add it for it’s root stimulant and as a tonic for transplant shock.

Citric Acid

A small amount is our final effort to correct the typically Alkaline water and soil conditions in Wyoming.

Dried Molasses

Feeds beneficial bacterial microbes and adds carbohydrates to enhance the flavor of fruits and vegetables.

Greensand

Ancient sand deposit provides silica & potassium.

Feathermeal


High nitrogen protein and excellent fungal organism food. Feathermeal has a good mix of soluble and non-available nitrogen to provide a great start and a long time release that you can still feed lightly on top of, if desired.

Fishbone Meal

High in nitrogen, protein and phosphorous another excellent beneficial microbe food.

Fossilized Seabird Guano

An ancient and naturally chelated source of phosphorous. Our two source method insures that plants, and especially flowering plants have what they need.

Natural Potash


An excellent natural source of potassium that is slightly more available than the green sand in the soil food web for immediate delivery.

Gypsum

Adds calcium and sulfur, both critical, increasing the calcium to magnesium ratio while dropping p.H.  Gypsum’s bound sulfur is much less fungicidal than other sulfurs, helping microbes, yet still pushing against the dolomite to drop us closer to our 6.5 optimal p.H.

Dolomite Lime

Adds calcium & magnesium. Dolomite is ground natural limestone and will buffer acidic conditions yet never raise above 7.

Zinc Sulfate

Zinc is an important yield factor that is responsible for leaf sizing. With the leaf being the plant’s primary solar panel, the overall size (surface area) of the leaf will directly govern the amount of sunlight that can be captured by the plant to facilitate photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is responsible for 90% of all plant production so improving photosynthesis is improving plant production. Additionally, when you supply adequate zinc levels to your crop, water absorption is enhanced as are flower and fruit development, as well.  Because water is required for all nutrient uptake and nutrient translocation within the plant, improving water absorption is key in achieving top production. Adequate Zinc prevents chlorosis.

Manganese Sulfate

As one of nine essential nutrients that plants require for growth just a few parts per million make a huge difference. Many processes are dependent on this nutrient, including chloroplast formation, photosynthesis, nitrogen metabolism and synthesis of some enzymes. This role of manganese in plants is extremely crucial. Deficiency, which is common in soils that have neutral to high pH or a substantial deal of organic matter, can cause serious problems with plants. Adequate Manganese prevents chlorosis.

Borate

A tiny amount of borate assists the plant in immune function.