Does Rock Dust Work to Add Minerals to Your Garden and Improve Soil Texture?

I talk about gravel screenings from a rock quarry to remineralize your depleted soil. Along with rock dust, you can to encourage biology with compost to break down the rock and convert it into a form your plants can use. Adding humic acid to your rock dust can chelate or convert them into their reduced form that plants can use.
Good soil is made up of a balance of sand, silt, and clay sized particles known as loam. If you have clay soil, adding rock dust with a mixture of sand and silt sized particles will convert your soil into a more loam like texture for better root and plant development.
Minerals in rock dust
Silicon SiO2 - 42.6%
Aluminum Al2O3 - 12.9%
Iron Fe2O3 - 14%
Calcium CaO - 13%
Magnesium MgO - 7.8%
Phosphorus P2O5 - 1.8%
Sodium Na2O - 1.76%
Potassium K2O - 1.15%
Titanium - TiO2 - 0.7%
Manganese MnO - 0.25%
Chlorine Cl- - 0.10%
Sulfur SO3 - 0.07%
Chromium Cr2O2 - 0.009%
Suggested application rate
0.15 lb per sq ft
19 lb per 50 ft bed (125 sq ft)
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[@edensbounty6679]

Good info thanks!

[@EndTimeCountryLiving]

Glad it was a help to you.

[@javiealba6547]

Very interesting, thanks

[@EndTimeCountryLiving]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@andrewyek]

unless you got some microbes that capable of producing acid to "dissolve" the rock fine particle.. it would takes forever for the rock micro particle to "release" the content of it into soil. unless the soft mineral rock that easily "dissolve" away.
3rdly.. does vege that we grow capable of producing "organic acid" to dissolve the rock particle so to take the nutrient in them ??? for what i know, none. It need as above said "microbes that capable of producing acid" or fungal family.
Tell me your thought ! Maybe i missed out on some point.

[@EndTimeCountryLiving]

My whole method of gardening is to encourage very strong soil biology so the bacteria and fungi can extract minerals from the soil and feed the plants. In order for them to do that the minerals need to be in the soil profile which the basalt rock dust provides.

[@fredrickvoncold]

add good compost to your dust

[@EndTimeCountryLiving]

Good tip.

[@otrotland5377]

hmm does it matter what type of rock it is, is one type better then another? Thank you.

[@EndTimeCountryLiving]

Basalt is the best type and others are useful as well.

[@andrewyek]

i don't know. doubt that will be of any benefit apart from making your clayish soil more dense.. like building earth house, clay+valcanic ash=earth brick when dried.
so.. if sandy soil then is ok.. it will just sink down bottom of sand bed over the time.. As of will it "release" nutrient to soil over the time (months or years ? or decades ? ) remember boulders in national park take decade to notice air & rain erosion...

[@otrotland5377]

hmm, rock dust, sounds like your screen crashed gravel. Is it the same stuff?

[@EndTimeCountryLiving]

You can screen 3/4 minus gravel but this pile came as just fines.

[@bryanlalonde9623]

You didn't answer the question in the title of this video.

[@EndTimeCountryLiving]

Answer: Yes

[@NorthlanderMN]

Rock dust is a scam. Fall leaves are free and will add minerals.