Are wool pellets an effective fertilizer?

The short answer is yes! Wool is an amazing fiber and we are applying these benefits into your garden and house plants. The most beneficial trait of wool pellets is their ability to retain water. Our wool pellets hold more than 3x their weight in water and with their constant expansion and contraction, they’ll increase the porosity of your soil which brings nutrients to the roots of your plants. But that's not all! The release curve of wool pellets is constant throughout the growing season. They begin releasing nitrogen, potassium, and other micronutrients immediately and continue to do so as they slowly biodegrade over 6 months. The NPK values for our wool pellets are 7.8-0.5-5.0. The image below shows one of our nutrient analyses:

Also in case you missed it, read our blog all about our research trial with a local market vegetable producer! We found higher yielding broccoli and potatoes in the wool pellet beds! But you don't just have to take my word for it. Below I've linked several research articles highlighting the effectiveness of wool pellets:

• Bradshaw, T. and Hagen, K. Wool Pellets Are a Viable Alternative to Commercial Fertilizer for Organic Vegetable Production. Agronomy. 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12051210
  
• Abdallah, A. et al. The potential of recycling wool residues as an amendment for enhancing the physical and hydraulic properties of a sandy loam soil. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40093-019-0283-5
  
• Ordiales, E. et al. Assessment of utilization of sheep wool pellets as organic fertilizer and soil amendment in processing tomato and broccoli. Modern Agricultural Science and Technology. 2016, Doi: 10.15341/mast(2375-9402)/02.02.2016/003  
• Zheljazkov VD, Stratton GW, Pincock J, Butler S, Jeliazkova EA, Nedkov NK, Gerard PD (2009) Wool-waste as organic nutrient source for container-grown plants. Waste Manag 29:2160–2164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2009.03.009
  
  You can purchase wool pellets at krpelletco.com and please feel free to contact us at krpelletco@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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Megan ❤