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Old 09-07-2013, 05:03 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default And speaking of organic...

On 09/07/2013 08:58, Janet wrote:
In article ,
says...

One major difference is that the Organic(TM) seed comes with a nice
selection of interesting diseases and fungi contamination that the
conventional ones would have been treated against.


How surprising then that Organic crop producers (and seed merchants
like Etty's) manage to harvest any crops at all and manage to make a
longterm sustainable living.

Janet.


Basically they are freeloading off neighbouring inorganic farms that
keep pests and diseases more or less under control.

Minimum inputs is an entirely rational growing regime, but Organic(TM)
is merely a cynical money making scam to pander to the worried well.

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Regards,
Martin Brown