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Old 04-27-2009, 11:25 AM
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Plants cannot distinguish whether we are giving compost or commercial fertilizers.

But when COMPOST there is no danger of "burning" your plants or overfertilization. It slow-releases nutrients. So nutrients are available for a longer period of time but they are not immediately available to the plants.
They still have to be converted into inorganic substances by the microorganisms in the soil so that it can be assimilated by the plants.
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