Powdered lupin seed organic fertiliser?

[starloc]

Ive decided to have a go at using some organic fertilisers that are specificaly listed for use in my citrus plants they are the traditional fertilisers used in italy, im trying to find somewere that sells them
Ive found a few bits like dolomite and oxblood ,

but im now looking for powdered lupin seeds and rape seed ( or rape seek cakes )

Has anyone got any ideas, ive checked ebay, and done a few searches but i cant find anyone who sells them, particularly looking for the powdered lupin seeds

[Snadger]

You could buy lupin seeds and powder them yourself?

So what organic elements are in lupin seeds. I know lupins are a legume and fixate nitro to there roots (can be used as a green manure) but never heard of using the crushed seeds as a fertiliser!

PS Any chance of the formulae and its NPK breakdown?

[starloc]

You could buy lupin seeds and powder them yourself?

So what organic elements are in lupin seeds. I know lupins are a legume and fixate nitro to there roots (can be used as a green manure) but never heard of using the crushed seeds as a fertiliser!

PS Any chance of the formulae and its NPK breakdown?

Ive no idea whats in them, they fertilise the plants using `chemical` fertilisers as well as the organic ones, they use the lupin seeds , either baked or powdered ( just to stop them germinating ), they say they need to be round the edge as they get so hot when decomposing they need to be away from the roots, They say they have micronutrients in , but also improve the soil as well as providing `valuable nutrients` ,

in the paperwork i have they pot the plants in a mix of manure, clay, powdered pumice stone, rotted bark chips, dolomite chips

then they feed with the lupin seeds round the edges, bone meal, and ox blood the ox blood gives rapid nitrogen the rest take some time, some add `rape seed cakes`, its similar to what is listed in the book by tintori on citrus from italy, so i think it must be correct and they have some great looking citrus plants over there

Having been searching for some time, ive now found a `superfood` they seem to eat all round italy, greece etc, lupin beans, a lupin seed from a large lupin, the seeds can be eaten as long as there cooked, used as a flour or animal feed, and some places also say soil improver,

In this country i can only find them in cans of salty water or oil, i supose i want the flour,

ive just found it in australia! , long way to send flour though and customs will probably stop it, it must be available in europe, or the beans, as lupin seeds from here are tiny, id need hundreds

I might try some searches about other beans such as soya, something else must work

[Snadger]

Good luck with your search starloc..............sounds an interesting project!

[Tam]

I know that lupin seed powder is used in Germany, but I think it is used for its protein as a food. I believe that it has been used in frankfurters. I also seem to remember seeing this powder in a local herbalist shop.

[Two_Sheds]

i think it must be correct and they have some great looking citrus plants over there

That may be down to the superior climate. Good luck, it sounds like you're making a lot of work for yourself.

PS. I have lupin seeds, they are same size as soya beans