Can you use rice hulls as a fertilizer for tomato plants? if yes,what concentration can you use?

like the concentrations of :


a. pure rice hulls


b. 25% rice hulls and 75% commercial fertilizer


c. 50% rice hulls and 50% commercial fertilizer


d. 75% rice hulls and 25% commercial fertilizer


e. pure commercial fertilizer

Can you use rice hulls as a fertilizer for tomato plants? if yes,what concentration can you use?
Rice hulls are organic material and can and should be be composted first. However, their high lignin content can make this a slow process. Sometimes earthworms are used to accelerate the process. Using vermicomposting techniques, the hulls can be converted to fertilizer in about four months.


I hope it helps.
Reply:Like the wise woman said, Rice hulls are organic, in fact they are like wood shavings and require special attention when used as a soil amendment.





During the process of converting woody products to soil, nitrogen is required to break down the wood fibers.





If woody products are applied to the soil without a generous amount of nitrogen being applied at the same time, the surrounding soil will be robbed of it's nitrogen.





Exactly how much nitrogen needs to be added to the rice hulls to grow tomato's will depend on how much nitrogen is in the soil before the rice hulls are added.





Best bet is to watch the tomato plants and if the leaves start to turn light green add small amounts of nitrogen until the leaves turn dark green again.