It happens in our technological society that we sometimes increase the complexity of something (such as fertilizing a garden) well past the point where demising returns take over. That is the more time, effort and physical resources we apply, the increased productivity fails to compensate for the additional inputs. In my opinion remineralization looks something like a complex and time-consuming way to implement the law of diminishing returns.

I have some practical concerns:

• Collecting a representative sample of garden soil, when I know it varies greatly
• Applying the “correct” amounts of amendments over small areas
• Requires tilling fertilized areas down to six inches
• Managing the timing of the application of the amendments before the tilling and planting - an issue of timing
• The necessary precision of mixing and applying the nutrients
• There isn't an obvious correspondence between the requirement for an element and how much of the available amendment to use
• Can I really know when my vegetables are successfully “nutrient dense?”

I'm not sure I'll know if the veggies are truly nutrient dense or even more so. How can I measure this? Ultimately, if I can't measure a difference I can't say it has been effective.

Overall, I see the approach as adding greatly to my preparation time. Nevertheless, I'm committed to doing this as best I can because I have aimed at improving soil fertility in all my gardens for several years. This may be a way to do that.