Seeker wrote:

I'm debating whether or not to use Miracle Grow on my vegetable garden. I
like the idea of organic gardening, but don't know what to fertilize with.
It also seems that Miracle Grow gardens would have more yield. Opinions?


Using Miracle Grow exclusively will deplete your soil. There is no need to
add fertilizers to a fully organic soil, although soil amendments may be
useful from time to time.

I have used no 'fertilizer' except compost for years and have peas (planted
April 19) that the seed packet assured me would go only 3'-4' that are
already (June 23) over 7' tall. From approx. 100 sq ft of strawberries I
have been picking 2#-4# a day for the past 10 days. I have over 40 pints of
jam to prove it.

The first year, yields from an organic garden are quite a bit lower than
from a chemical garden. The soil takes time to heal. The second year it
will nearly match the yield of chemicals. The third year it will start to
pull ahead slightly. From there on out, the organic garden is the champ.

Once the soil is built up, you will never turn to chemicals again. Until it
gets built up, you will never believe an organic gardener can out-produce
Miracle Grow.

But we can.

Bill
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