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Old 25-06-2003, 03:20 PM
Frogleg
 
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Default Miracle Grow vs. Organic

Shoot -- can't follow the players without previous quoting. However,

Sometime, someone wrote:

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 fail to understand how the use of Miracle-Gro can "deplete" soil.
It's simply a soluable fertilizer. I've heard wicked tales of "salts"
being left behind after years of use, but if true, it's still not a
case of soil "depletion."

And it looks like somebody else said:

That's great! I'd love to have a large yield with organic gardening. It
has a 'feel good' factor about it.


Can't argue with feel-good. However, "large yield" is equivalent to
careful attention and (usually) a lot of work, not the chmicals
involved.

It appears as if the same person wrote:

I guess I have some research to do.


which is a very intelligent approach.

I think I'll visit the local garden
shop again and ask what I can do organically.


However, I also am a little skeptical about going to the garden center
for organic advice and supplies. "What can they sell me that has
'organic' on the label?" may not be the organic gardener's advice.