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Old 07-12-2009, 06:25 AM
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Default Do Plants given Organic food still need commercial fertilizers?

I realize that going organic means not using any commercial fertilizer and pesticides. I have my worms for castings, my pile for compost, and I brew my own worm and compost tea. I apply castings, compost and tea regularly~ a week or so~

Just wondering though, do you think that I am providing enough food for my plants? Or do I need to supplement that with some commercial fertilizer?
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Old 07-12-2009, 06:38 AM
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Try going completely orgranic for a season, and see if you can compare the results and the growth to when you used it with commercial fertilizer. If there's not much difference, I guess you can stick with using organic.
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Old 07-12-2009, 07:13 AM
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ain't that quite expensive for a trial and error method sakura?

I was thinking about the lines on doing it at the same time using different garden plots but the same plants. Hmmm
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