Making Custom Mixes

Our owner, Roger Aguinaga, making a custom mix.

SCAQMD meets with Aguinaga

Roger Aguinaga and Tracy Goss, Planing supervisor for the SCAQMD discuss the critical nature of water content and oxygn within a processing line of clean green material that is on the way to becoming a base for the many custom soil amendment mixes manufactured by Aguinaga at the Baker Canyon California facilities. Raw landscape trimmings collected here, must reach a minimum of 135F in processing to assure the elimination of pathogens and seeds, before being rejuvenated into beneficial planting materials.



Jong Lee of the SCAQMD makes notes to utilize in the planning of an air emission rule the SCAQMD is developing. Others in the group include (L to R) Tracy Goss - SCAQMD Planning Supervisor,Paul Ryan of Ryan Associates, Dan Noble of the Association of Compost Producers, and Roger Aguinaga - President of Aguinaga Green, Inc.

Visit with Cal Recycle

Roger Aguinaga, President of Aguinaga Green, Inc. - one of O.C.s oldest and largest clean green mulch and amendment suppliers to both ag and local landscapers, discusses the proper and necessary manner in which compost must be processed, with Sacramaneto visitors from Cal Recycle, Kyle pogue and Robert Horowitz.

AGUINAGA HONORED AT CITYCOUNCIL MEETING

FEBRUARY 22ND. 2011


THE CITY OF IRVINE WAS NAMED SUCH, AS IT WAS LOCATED ON THE ORIGINAL IRVINE RANCH PROPERTY.

IN CELEBRATION OF THE CITIES FORTY-FORTH YEAR, THE IRVINE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO HONOR TWENTY TWO OF THE OLDEST IRVINE COMPANIES AT THEIR GENERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS.

ON THE FEBRUARY 22ND. IRVINE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE FIRST OF THESE TWENTY TWO COMPANIES WAS PRESENT, AND ROGER AGUINAGA AND HIS FAMILY COMPANY AGUINAGA GREEN, INC., WERE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE OLDEST COMPANIES IN THE CITY.

ROGER AGUINAGA – PRESIDENT OF AGIUNAGA GREEN, INC. SPOKE BRIEFLY OF EARLY BEGINNINGS WITH THE IRVINE COMPANY AND PROVISION OF FERTILIZER FOR THEIR CROPS.

WE ALWAYS KNEW IRVINE WOULD BE DEVELOPED, SAYS AGUINAGA, BUT ALSO KNEW IT WOUILD TAKE FIFTY YEARS OR BETTER – AND AS THE IRVINE COMPANY LOOKED TO HIGHER CASH CROPS SUCH AS CELERY, ASPARAGUS, AND TOMATOES (AS OPPOSED TO ORANGES, SUGAR BEETS - AND SILAGE THEY HAD GROWN FOR CATTLE), THEY NEEDED IMPROVED FARMING TECHNIQUES AND BETTER SOIL PREPARATION, MAINTENANCE, AND AMENDMENTS.

AGUINAGA PARTNERED WITH THE IRVINE COMPANY IN GRADUATING FROM THE EARLY MANURES USED IN THE PROCESS TO MULCHES AND FINALL TO THE HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED MIXES AND AMENDENTS SUPPLIED TODAY TO MANY OF OUR LOCAL CITIES AS WELL AS THEME PARKS SUCH AS DISNEYLAND.

PICTURED HERE IS IRVINE MAYOR SUKHEE KANG PRESENTING AGUINAGA WITH AN HONORARY PLACK MEMORIALIZING THE OCCASION.

Best Soil for Citrus Trees

How to get your orange tree from this...

To This!

If you're planning on growing some citrus trees, here are some important things to note:
Drainage is very important. If you're going to plant the citrus trees in planter boxes, it's important that the box has more than one outlet for drainage. Also, it's best to put down four to six inches of crushed rock and sand to improve drainage.

We suggest our Planter Mix for citrus trees. Here's some key points about this one of a kind and specialized mix only available at Aguinaga Green:

BASE FEED STOCK:
Base feed stock material will consist of the following:

Peat moss; which when mixed in the soil improves structure and can
increase acidity. Perhaps it’s most important function is in retention of water
when the soil is dry, and yet preventing the excess of water from killing roots
when it is wet. Peat is also important for the storage of nutrients, although it
is not fertile itself.
Aguinaga Green, Humus; which begins as “clean green” ground to four-
inch-minus and composted by the formation of windrows and turned every
three days at a minimum, for fifteen days. During this period, moisture,
aeration, and temperature are monitored to assure a minimum of 132F
degrees is obtained throughout the process thus eliminating weeds and
pathogens and leaving a microbial–friendly environment for the production of
required plant-growth nutrients.
Aguinaga Humus is subsequently screened to the specified 3/8 minus particle
size and aged for six months.
Redwood; redwood decomposes very slowly and contains tannic acid, which
is a fairly week acid that acts as an antifungal and pest deterrent.
Perlite; an amorphous volcanic glass, is a standard amendment added for it’s
light weight and water retention characteristics.

You can order material through our website or by calling 1-877-OC-MULCH

Aguinaga Forest Floor Humus

In Soil Science, “Humus” refers to any organic matter that has reached a point of stability, where it will break down no further, and if conditions do not change might remain essentially as it is for ever.

Aguinaga Forest Floor Humus is a recycled, clean green composted soil amendment made from shredded tree trimmings which have been screened to 3/8 minus for uniformity in particle size. It has then been carefully monitored for oxygen and moisture content as it aged for several months, thereby attaining a carbon nitrogen equivalent which is usually less than 20:1

Mature humus provides fertility to the soil in both a chemical and physical sense. Physically, it helps the soil retain moisture by encouraging microporosity and encouraging good soil structure. Chemically, it feeds the soil population of microorganisms and other creatures thus maintaining a high level of soil life and making plant nutrients more available.

The structure of humus enables it to buffer or moderate excessive acid or alkaline soil conditions and it is able to hold somewhere around 80-90% of it’s weight in moisture thus increasing the soils capacity to withstand drought conditions.

Aguinaga Forest Floor Humus has a rich, dark brown/black color and a handful cupped to the nose gives the beautiful fresh scent of soil after a rain.

COMMON USES:
Aguinaga Forest Floor Humus is used is various Aguinaga proprietary mixes. It is an excellent soil conditioner and may be used as a pre-plant amendment for general planting.

General Purpose Soil Amendment - #3

Here are some specifications on our GPS3

Material composition consists of Aguinaga Green Humus, sand, and specifically selected organic materials.

Selected soils and volcanic aggregates complete the compliment of materials in this mix. Variations are available dependent upon project requirements, so specific analysis of site material is required to assure proper utilizations of available recipe.

GPS3 pH and E.C. (electric conductivity) are variable dependent upon final use of product – again pointing out the necessity of accurate site-material analysis.

Material is screened to the 3/8 minus particle size in order to achieve consistency and material uniformity.

GPS3 Material is a light weight grow-medium and has long term residual characteristics. It is characterized with improved to excellent drainage and aeration properties, and as well contains an excellent nutrient package similar to Aguinaga Green planter mix.

COMMON USES: This material is a special mix formulated for a multiplicity of applications in a wide range of products.

Color-point beds, general planting for acid loving plants such as Azalea, Camelia, and Rhododendrons are examples wherein the product substantially enhances plant growth.