Organic fertilizer/plant food substance containing natural odor masking ingredients

Abstract

An organic fertilizer/plant food with a natural ingredient providing a desirable smell to mask the unwanted odors of organic fertilizer. The desirable smelling ingredient to be mixed thoroughly throughout the organic fertilizer such that as the outer layers of the organic fertilizer are processed by microorganisms, the desirable smelling ingredient is revealed at each new layer to create a persistent pleasant smell above the unwanted fertilizer smell.

Claims

1. An organic fertilizer or plant food for plants and soil comprising: a mixture of an aromatic ingredient in a range of 1 to 3 percent by weight of said mixture; at least one of soybean meal or wheat midds in a range of 20 to 50 percent of the total mixture by weight; at least one of blood meal, feather meal, or bone meal in a range of 1 to 30 percent of the total mixture by weight; tri-calcium phosphate in a range of 1 to 10 percent of the total mixture by weight; potassium magnesium sulfate in a range of 1 to 10 percent of the total mixture by weight; and molasses in a range of 1 to 8 percent of the total mixture by weight.

2. The organic fertilizer or plant food of claim 1, wherein: the aromatic ingredient is selected from the group consisting of: vanilla; anise; apple; caramel; orange; lime; mandarin; lemon; grape fruit; citrus; raspberry; clove; cinnamon; banana; butter; carrot; cherry; eucalyptus; coconut; chocolate; garlic; grape; maple; strawberry; persimmon; lavender; and peppermint.

3. The organic fertilizer or plant food of claim 1, wherein; the mixture comprises a microorganism not otherwise present.

4. The organic fertilizer or plant food of claim 3, wherein: the microorganism is mycorrhizal fungi.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example use of the invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a sample industrial mixer to mix the invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example process for making the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(4) Various embodiments of the invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing. These figures are merely provided to assist in the understanding of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention in any way. One skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes can be made to any of these embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

(5) An exemplary embodiment of the invention may contain a mixture combination of an organic desirable smelling ingredient, other organic material, and minerals. This other organic material may include but is not limited to or limited by the following ingredients: soybean meal, wheat midds, meat, bone meal, poultry manure, molasses, alfalfa, feather meal, kelp, soybean oil, fish bone meal, fish meal, water, and mycorrhiza. Minerals may include but is not limited to or limited by the following ingredients: tri-calcium phosphate, potassium magnesium sulfate, sulfate of potash, sulfate of potash magnesia, rock phosphate, lime, greensand, and zeolite.

(6) One skilled in the art will recognize that mycorrhiza on the list above is a fungus. The fertilizer/plant food mixture invention may contain a different fungus or microorganism besides mycorrhizal fungi, or the fertilizer may not contain any intentional addition of microorganisms, instead allowing the fertilizer mixture to utilize existing microorganisms in the soil where applied.

(7) Referring to FIG. 1, this organic fertilizer/plant food may be applied by a person 110 to the soil 112 where the person currently has plants 114 growing or intends to grow soon. Because the organic fertilizer enhances soil 112 quality, this fertilizer can be used even before anything is planted in the soil 112. The organic fertilizer will always be emitting bad smells 116 due to the ingredients of the organic fertilizer and the microorganism process to break down the organic material. The addition of the desirable smelling ingredient causes the emission of a more potent odor 118 to mask the unpleasant organic fertilizer odors 116. The person 110 may never smell the foul odor 116 because the person 110 will only recognize the overpowering pleasant smell 118. As the microorganisms in the soil 112 continue to break down the outer surface layer of any fertilizer particles, more pleasant-smelling ingredient is revealed, constantly emitting pleasant odors 118 to mask unpleasant ones 116. Any leaching that may be caused by watering 120 or rain water, may merely remove the scent from the outer layer of fertilizer particles, still allowing the further layers of pleasant smelling ingredient to emit a pleasant odor 118 shortly after leaching may occur.

(8) Referring to FIG. 2, this fertilizer invention may be mixed using an industrial mixer 210. Formulation ingredients of the present invention may be combined into the mixer, and the mixer actuated to thoroughly and consistently blend together the ingredients so that the desirable aroma(s) is fully throughout the resultant mixture.

(9) Referring to FIG. 3, all ingredients may be accurately measured and mixed together 310 in an industrial mixer 210 with a binding agent. This binding agent may be for example, Ameribond, or other bonding agent, or no binding agent may be required at all depending on the desired consistency of the fertilizer. The ingredients may then be thoroughly mixed together to create a mash 312. The mash is then turned into pellets at a pellet-milling machine 314. The pellet temperature is cooled down to a specified temperature range 314 relative to the ambient temperature. The cooled pellets are then sent to a roller mill 316 to acquire a desirable consistency and texture. The ground-up pellets are then screened to ensure the correct size and texture is present 318. All pellet sizes that remain too large or too small are sent back to the pellet-milling machine 314, and all properly broken-down pellets are ready for use 320.

(10) An exemplary embodiment of the invention may include, but not be limited to or limited by the following, presented in weight percent of the total formulation:

(11) TABLE-US-00001 Organic material (including animal source and/or plant 25-80%; source) A desirable smelling ingredient 0.1-3%; Minerals 0-20%; Molasses 0-8%; and, Fillers and binders 5-30%.
Another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

(12) TABLE-US-00002 Animal manure (by weight percent) 85-99% Molasses 0-15% Desirable smelling ingredient 0.1-3%
Yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

(13) TABLE-US-00003 peat (by weight percent) 85-99% Molasses 0-15% Desirable smelling ingredient 0.1-3%
Yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

(14) TABLE-US-00004 Animal slaughter remains (by weight percent) 85-99% Molasses 1-15% Desirable smelling ingredient 0.1-3%
Yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

(15) TABLE-US-00005 Plant matter compost (by weight percent) 85-99% Molasses 1-15% Desirable smelling ingredient 0.1-3%
Yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

(16) TABLE-US-00006 Plant meal (by weight percent) 20-60% Bone meal 0-45% Fungi 0-10% Molasses 1-10% Minerals 1-20% Fillers and binders 1-45% Desirable smelling ingredient 0.1-3%
Even further exemplary embodiments of the present invention are set forth in the charts below:

(17) TABLE-US-00007 Formula (percent by weight) Ingredient A B C Plant based ingredients 30-50 30-50 0-20 Animal based ingredients 25-45 50-70 10-30 Minerals 10-30 1-20 1-20 Manure 0 0 20-50 Fungi 0-2 0-1 0-2 Molasses 0.5-15 0.5-15 0.5-15 Flavors or aromas 0.1-2 0.1-2 0.1-2 Water 0-10 0-10 0-10 Binders & other 0-10 0-10 0-10

(18) TABLE-US-00008 Ingredient Examples Plant based ingredients Soy bean meal, wheat midds, ground corn etc. Animal based ingredients Blood meal, feather meal, fish bone meal etc. Minerals Tri-calcium phosphate, sulfate of potash etc. Manure Poultry manure etc. Microorganism Fungi, bacteria, archaea etc. Molasses Cane or beet molasses Flavors or aromas Vanilla, peppermint, citrus etc. Water Water Binders & other Pellet binders etc.

(19) Any embodiment of the present invention may include any of the optional or exemplary features of the other embodiments of the present invention. The embodiments herein disclosed are not intended to be exhaustive or to unnecessarily limit the scope of the invention. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the present invention so that others skilled in the art may practice the invention. Having shown and described embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will realize that many variations and modifications may be made to the described invention. Many of those variations and modifications will provide the same result and fall within the spirit of the claimed invention. It is the intention, therefore, to limit the invention only as indicated by the scope of the claims.