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quackery or true
Disclaimer: I was curious so I read some stuff by Jerry Baker.
Is it true that adding table sugar to fertilizer is good for a plant. He suggested boring a hole in the ground and pouring the mixture into that. Is he for real? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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quackery or true
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:58:35 -0700, "Mogie"
opined: Disclaimer: I was curious so I read some stuff by Jerry Baker. Is it true that adding table sugar to fertilizer is good for a plant. He suggested boring a hole in the ground and pouring the mixture into that. Is he for real? Sugar is a good source of carbohydrates which soil organisms thrive on. When I have a problem with my soil, I've used sugar to top dress the lawn. It's not a bad thing to do, but I wouldn't put the sugar (carbon) with fertilizer (probably way too high in nitrogen) together. It could heat up and destroy soil organisms, or burn roots. I would say to stay away from his many ridiculous claims. They are not good recommendations for sustaining soils or biota. He is mostly interested in appearance of plants, not much in what's happening in the soil. IMO of course. V |
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quackery or true
"Mogie" wrote:
Disclaimer: I was curious so I read some stuff by Jerry Baker. Is it true that adding table sugar to fertilizer is good for a plant. He suggested boring a hole in the ground and pouring the mixture into that. Is he for real? He has a lot of weird things. My sister used a lawn tonic and said it worked great but not in any comparative way (like treating half the lawn). I used the Aphid spray (basically onions, garlic, cayenne, a little dish liquid) and it worked and didn't hurt the plants at all. The next day almost all the aphids had dropped off. (I used a hand sprayer-I didn't jet-spray them off) I used a commercial one later in the season and didn't pay attention that you can't spray it in sunlight. It fried the plants. The next day the plants were dead and I still had a hundred aphids on them. I think much of what he writes reads silly and very bumpkine. However we all have to realize that plants grow wildly when were aren't around and even when we do nothing to encourage them. The idea that basic substances might contain the traces and other elements that could feed a plant isn't unreasoanble. We all know that NPK isn't enough to maintain healthy plants. And if we are humble enough we know that there are a few mysteries going on in the ground and plants that we don't understand. DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 1st Year Gardener |
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