Royal Gold Crown Jewels Grow: 3-2-2 Veg Feed for Recharging Recycled Soil
Between harvests, a bed of reused soil needs its nitrogen back before the next crop goes in. Crown Jewels Grow is Royal Gold's one-part dry fertilizer for that job and for the vegetative weeks that follow. The guaranteed analysis is 3-2-2, with 8% calcium and 0.7% magnesium. Of the 3% nitrogen, 1% is water-soluble and works right away, while 2% is water-insoluble and releases as soil biology breaks it down. Crab meal, neem seed meal, alfalfa meal and fish bone meal carry most of that nitrogen. Gypsum and dolomite add calcium, and rock phosphate, kelp meal, basalt, Epsom salt and sulfate of potash complete the blend. The crab meal brings chitin with it, which feeds the soil life that cycles nutrients for the roots. Every ingredient is micronized, so the blend mixes evenly through a batch of soil. This listing is the 20 lb bag, packed two to a case. It is OMRI Listed, registered with CDFA as an organic input, and made by Royal Gold in Humboldt County.
How This Royal Gold Fertilizer Carries Beds and Containers Through Veg
To re-amend, mix one to one and a half cups into each cubic foot of soil. Keep it moist and let it sit about a week before transplanting. In individual pots, that works out to three to four and a half tablespoons per gallon. Through veg, top-dress half a cup to a cup per cubic foot every ten to fourteen days, scratch it in and water. Beds in the ground take ten cups per hundred square feet before planting and five to ten cups every four weeks after that. A cup weighs about half a pound, so this bag holds roughly forty cups. That re-amends twenty-six to forty cubic feet of soil, or preps around four hundred square feet of bed. It also brews well: a cup in ten gallons of non-chlorinated water, aerated for up to two days, gives a veg tea for weekly drenches. This is a veg feed, so its nitrogen keeps pushing leaves if it stays in the program after plants start to flower. The blend carries a marine smell for a day or two after top-dressing, which is easier to live with outdoors. Certified organic farms should note that OMRI lists it as Allowed with Restrictions. Using it on those farms calls for a documented soil or tissue deficiency first.
Key Features
- 3-2-2 Vegetative Analysis: Nitrogen leads to drive leaf and stem growth while phosphorus and potassium keep roots and structure balanced.
- Split Nitrogen Release: One third of the nitrogen works right away and the rest releases slowly as soil life breaks it down.
- 8% Calcium: Gypsum and dolomite add calcium that supports sturdy stems and new growth.
- Crab and Neem Meal: Crab meal brings chitin for soil biology, and neem seed meal adds slow organic nitrogen.
- Built for Recycled Soil: Re-amending between crops puts nutrients back into used soil without starting over with fresh mix.
- Top-Dress or Tea: It scratches into the surface during veg or brews into an aerated tea for weekly drenches.
- OMRI Listed and CDFA Registered: The blend qualifies for organic crop production, with OMRI restrictions tied to documented deficiencies.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Brand | Royal Gold |
| Product Line | Crown Jewels |
| Manufacturer Part Number | RG14612 |
| UPC | 850015617201 |
| Net Weight | 20 lb |
| N-P-K | 3-2-2 |
| Total Nitrogen (N) | 3% (1.0% water soluble, 2.0% water insoluble) |
| Available Phosphate (P₂O₅) | 2% |
| Soluble Potash (K₂O) | 2% |
| Calcium (Ca) | 8% |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 0.7% (0.5% water soluble) |
| Derived From | Crab meal, neem seed meal, alfalfa meal, basalt, fish bone meal, gypsum, rock phosphate, Epsom salt, kelp meal, sulfate of potash, dolomite |
| Form | Micronized dry granular blend |
| Pre-Plant Rate | 1–1½ cups per cu ft (3–4½ tbsp per gal), mixed 1 week before planting |
| Top-Dress Rate | ½–1 cup per cu ft (1–3 tbsp per gal), every 10–14 days |
| Field Rate | 10 cups per 100 sq ft before planting; 5–10 cups per 100 sq ft every 4 weeks |
| Aerated Tea | 1½ tbsp per gal (1 cup per 10 gal), aerated up to 48 hours |
| Certifications | OMRI Listed (Allowed with Restrictions); CDFA Registered Organic Input Material |
| Bags per Case | 2 |