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"Marie Dodge" wrote:

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"Marie Dodge" wrote:

I bought:

128 oz. Fish Emulsion = $17.99
1 gal. Hi-Yield Liquid Iron = $16.99
32 oz. Bonide Insecticidal Soap = $15.99
4 lbs. Dipel Dust = $3.99
4 lbs. Kelp Meal = $17.99

I can see why only Co-Op can afford to carry Organic products.

I need to go get some Medina.

BTW, Kelp Meal is 3 lbs per 100 sq. ft. @ aprox. $12.75 per 3 lbs
multiplied
by 10 = aprox $127.50 just for Kelp meal for a small veggie garden.
That's
just for the Kelp. Shocking! That's a lot of money for a 1000 sq. ft
garden
if you're on a limited income (retired, disabled etc). Looking at some of
the figures the man at the Co-Op gave us, it's much much cheaper to buy
veggies at the local store or Farmer's Market. Apparently that's why no
one
buys organic fertilizers and the local stores don't sell it. The blood
meal
was unaffordable so I picked up ammonium nitrate as per the soil test.

I bought one the one bag of Kelp meal to try with some peppers and
tomatoes
kept over in the greenhouse this winter and outside next spring. But
there
is no way we can do this with the larger gardens we plan to have next
year.

Hasta-gro is a liquid concentrate. It's supposed to be pretty economical?

Have you figured out the cost for a 1,500 sq. ft. garden? Nothing
economical about it. Humic acid is provided by the free compost we add
every year. The fish emulsion is supposed to supply micronutrients.

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