TEXAS ORGANIC RESEARCH CENTER (TORC) March 2009

In general, toxic synthetic pesticides are specifically prohibited, i.e., neurotoxins including all carbamates, organophosphates, pyrethroids, organochlorines and all products containing piperonyl butoxide (PBO). Certain toxic organic pesticides such as pyrethrum are also excluded.

Acceptable Organic Soil Amendment and Fertilizer Products         

Alpha Bio Systems Products
New Plant THRIVE with Mycorrhizal Fungi
Vegetable THRIVE with Mycorrhizal Fungi
Tomato THRIVE with Mycorrhizal Fungi
Flower THRIVE with Mycorrhizal Fungi
Tree & Shrub THRIVE with Mycorrhizal Fungi
Turf THRIVE with Mycorrhizal Fungi
Compost THRIVE
Thatch Remover

Alpha Bio Systems Pond Products
Aqua-One
Sludge Remover by Aqua-One 

Alpha Bio Systems Pet Products
Clean Pet THRIVE, waste and odor eliminator

Bioform Products

Black Kow Products

Coffee grounds 
Compost
Compost tea
Composted biosolids 
Corn gluten meal (60% protein or 9-0-0 analysis)       
Cornmeal products   
Cottonseed meal     
Diatomaceous earth (natural)   
Dry molasses   
Earthworm castings       
Fish hydrolysate and fish meal
Garrett Juice
Garrett Juice Plus

Carl Pool Products
9-3-6- Premium Lawn Food
1-1-15 Seaweed Extract
4-8-4 Bedding Plants
12-0.5-0 Feathermeal
2-0-2 Alfalfa Meal
10-5-0 Fish Meal

Garden-Ville Products (except those containing urea)
Garrett Juice
Rocket Fuel
Sea Tea Fish
Seaweed Liquid
Seaweed Powder 
Soil Food 5-3-2
Soil Food 6-2-2
Soil Food 7-2-2*
Soil Food 9-1-1*
Granite
Green Light (organic products only)
Greensand

GreenSense Products
 
Hu-More Products

Hou-Actinite (on non-food crops only)
Humates
Humic acid products
 
Ladybug Products
Dry Products
Lady Bug Natural Brand 8-2-4 Fertilizer
All Purpose Fertilizer 8-2-4
Sylvan Formula
Liquid Products
John's Recipe Liquid Fertilizer
Terra Tonic

Lava sand

Maestro Gro Products
Garden Glo 4-8-4 
NaturalONE Sea Mist Super Seaweed Plus 
Rose Glo 6-8-4
SourceONE
4-2-3 Sea Spray 
Texas Tee 6-2-4 

Maxicrop Products

Cactus & Succulent Fertilizer
Cal-Sea-Feed
Citrus Fertilizer 
Complete Garden Feed
Flower Fertilizer
Original Seaweed Extract
‘Take Root'
Tomato Fertilizer

Medina Products
Dry Products
Medina Growin Green Organic Granular Fertilizer
Medina Micronutrients
Medina Plus
Liquid Products
HastaGro 12-4-8 Lawn Food*
HastaGro 6-12-6 Plant Food*
HuMate Liquid Humus
Milorganite (on non-food crops only)

Microlife Products
Microlife  6-2-4
Microlife ‘Ultimate’ 8-4-6
Microlife ‘Ultimate’ 8-0-6
Microlife + Brown Patch Control
Super Seaweed
Ocean Harvest

Molasses (dry)
Molasses (liquid)
Mycorrhizal fungi projects
Native cedar products

Nature’s Guide Products (except those containing urea or pyrethrum)
5-3-2 Fertilizer
6-1-4 Fertilizer
Garrett Juice 
Liquid Fish
Liquid Fish & Seaweed
9-2-2 Fertilizer*

Neptune's Harvest Products
Fish 2-4-1 
Seaweed Plant 0-0-1
Organic Fish/Seaweed Blend Fertilizer 2-3-1

Organic Gem Products
Shake and Spray Liquid Fish
Special Turf Control Liquid Fish
Organic Kelp Meal 1-0-2
Organic Crab Shell 2-3-0

Rabbit Hill Farm Products
Azalea Food 3-5-2
Kelp Meal 2-0-5
Organic 6-8-4 Pansy Food
Rabbit Manure
Rose Food
Tomato & Pepper Food

Redenta’s Products

Seaweed Products

Soil Mender Products 
Garrett Juice Plus
Minerals Plus
Humax Turf Soil Builder
Planters II
Rose Food
Soil Mender Turf Mate
Tree and Shrub Mix
Turf-Mate
Yum Yum Mix

Sustane Products
2-3-3 All Natural Organic
3-4-2 All Natural Organic
4-6-4 All Natural Organic
5-2-4 All Natural Organic
8-2-4 All Natural Organic
5-2-4+ Fe Natural Base*
5-2-10+ Fe Natural Base*
10-2-10+Fe Natural Base*
16-2-6+ Fe Natural Base*
18-1-8+ Fe Natural Base*

Greensand
Vinegar (apple cider and other fruit-based products)
Volcanite
Wheat bran products
Zeolite

Basic Meals, General Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
Alfalfa Meal
Bat guano
Blood meal
Bone meal
Coffee grounds
Compost
Corn gluten meal
Corn meal
Cottonseed meal
Decomposed granite
Fish meal
Greensand
Gypsum
Horticultural corn meal
Humate
Kelp meal lava sand
Rabbit manure
Rock phosphate
Seaweed meal
Soy meal
Sul-Po-Mag
Zeolite

Liquid Products 
Apple cider vinegar
Compost tea
Fish hydrolysate (Liquid fish)
Garrett Juice mix (you can add this or any of my formulas)
Humic acid
Seaweed

For information only these are “bridge” or “transition” products that contain synthetic ingredients and are not acceptable in organic programs. They are included in this list to help prevent confusion. They are certainly better than pure synthetic products. Some garden centers have their own private label products. Most of those are very good but be sure to read labels and ask questions.

Unacceptable Fertilizer Products 
Ammonium nitrate
Ammonium sulfate
Osmocote
Peters 20-20-20
Round-Up
Scott's Miracle Gro Products
Synthetic fertilizers
Synthetic growth regulators
Synthetic weed and feed fertilizers
Urea 
And all other synthetic fertilizers


Acceptable Organic/Natural Pest Control Products  
ANTidote
Bactimos Briquettes     
Baking soda           
Beneficial insects 
Beneficial nematodes  
Bioblast       
Biological products      
Bora-Care             
Borate products           
Boric acid 
Bt products              
CedarCide Products       
Cinnamon products      
Citrex      
Citric acid products  
Citrus products
Clove oil       
Cornmeal products
D-limonene
Deer Scam        
Diatomaceous earth (natural)  
Eco PCO D            
Eco PCO Exempt      
Eugene oil
Garden Weasel Crab Grass Control  
Garden-Ville Soil Conditioner
Garlic tea products
Garlic pepper tea    
Glue traps
Green Light Organic Products
Horticultural oil   
Hydrogen peroxide   
Insecticidal soap      
Live traps       
Mole Scram    
Mosquito Dunks
Neem   
Niban (without PBO)      
Orange oil                
Pepper products (red and black)
Plant Wash
Potassium bicarbonate
Rabbit Scram    
Spinosad         
Tim-Bor
Vinegar (from grain alcohol, not distilled from 99% glacial acetic acid).           

Unacceptable Pest Control Products
2,4-D
Acetic acid (petroleum based)
Amdro
Atrazine
Bayleton
Bayer products
BHA
BHT
BR-61
Broadleaf herbicides
Clopyralid
Copper products
Daconil
Diazinon
DSMA
Dursban
Ethoxyquin
Finale
Fipronyl products
Funginex
Glyphosate products  
Grazon
Ironite
Manage
Merit
MSMA
Orthene
Orthonex
PBO
Pendimethalin
Picloram
Piperonyl butoxide
Pyrethroid products
Pyrethrin
Pyrethrum
Rapid Gro
Rotenone
Round Up
Sabadilla
Silica gel
SU herbicides
Synthetic fungicides
Vinegars 20% and greater in strength
Vinegar made form glacial acetic acid

And all other toxic synthetic products.