garden:cultivate:tasks:fertilizer:organic
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+ | ===== Organic? ===== | ||
+ | It may not be absolutely correct that we garden organically. Why not? We use some elements of our fertilizer that don't come from certified organic sources, for example, seed meal (such as cottonseed, rapeseed, etc.) and bone meal. I don't know of sources for these items that come from certified organic plants or processes. | ||
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+ | ==== No chemical fertilizers ==== | ||
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+ | Our nitrogen, phosphate and potassium come from natural, though not necessarily organic sources. But there are no chemical sources that depend on fossil fuels. | ||
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+ | For the 2014 season I experimented with spraying a solution of water and fish fertilizer on my tomatoes. This foliar spray appears to have been effective in providing necessary trace elements that the very clayey soil wasn' | ||
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+ | ==== Nol chemical herbicides or pesticides ==== | ||
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+ | As you can tell from the section about weeds in this wiki, we attack weeds directly and with a vengeance. | ||
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+ | ==== Neem oil ==== | ||
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+ | The only " | ||
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+ | Whichever, I find Neem oil is not very effective in keeping pests, especially cucumber beetles, from chewing up bean leaves. It's the seedlings that most need protection and there isn't much Neem oil that sticks to the little leaves. Wait till next year! |