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Old 21-04-2009, 04:52 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Time release fertilizers

snip some interesting reading material

To use chemical fertilizers is to become dependent on them, because they
kill the microbes that would otherwise feed your plants, at no cost, for
you. As you grow microbes, you grow top soil. As you grow topsoil, you
participate in the healing of the planet.


Ok, I've saved the link to see if my library has the book even if
what they report is 100% true.....Don't forget that my soil is a
lifeless thing to begin with. Just a medium to to hold the water and the
plant. So, even if I am stuck using a man-made fertilizer, as long as
the plant grows well, so what? I'm not killing anything in any
soil.....I grow in a "fake" soil, and fertilize with "fake" food...My
plants grow well.....I'm happy....No Eco-devastation, kinda like
growing hydro...Just gimme some sun, not the snow we are supposed to get
tonight.

Meditate Grasshopper.


Well.....Give me a day to think...I'll get back to ya. 8--)
Actually, lemme see if the library has the book.
I don't have a closed mind, but in my mini-environment, I just don't
see where it will make a difference. If I can use a produced fertilizer
and get the same results without a negative impact, whats the diff?


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Tim

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