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Lawn; Thinking of starting from scratch
Dave Gower wrote: Some people have balanced informed views on gardening. Others are eco-fanatics who really care nothing about any living creatures, only about their egos and agendas. Balanced, perhaps - informed, not very. The suggestion to use peat moss as an organic fertilizer is indicative of a serious lack of information. The nutrient value of peat moss is nil. Tom's "agenda", as you put it, is to help discourage the mindless use of chemicals to control any gardening ill. Chemically enhanced lawns (fertilizers, weed and feeds, and other chemical pesticides) develop a dependence on those chemicals to remain viable, requiring consistent, repeat applications and copius amounts of irrigation to to approach even a visusal appearance of good health. Current horticultural science tends towards a more naturalistic approach - improving soil fertility is paramount, whether through aeration and topdressing with compost, modest applications of bio-innoculated organically derived fertilizers, aerated compost tea or the use of self-mulching mowers. Feed the soil and you'll feed the plants - it is as simple as that. Eco-fanaticism has nothing to do with it. It is a smart, practical and responsible approach to plant husbandry, regardless of the type of plant in question. It just doesn't feed the pocketbooks of the lawn product manufacturers or the mow, blow and go twits who think that owning a pickup truck and a lawn mower has somehow endowed them with any kind of horticultural knowledge. The following rather lengthy treatise was prepared by the Seattle Public Utilities Resource Conservation Division in conjunction with the King County Water and Land Resources and Hazardous Waste Management Program for lawn and turf care professionals. It references some of the leading scientific works and publications regarding ecologically sound and sustainable turf management. This publication surpasses the knowledge base of anyone posting at this forum and supports EXACTLY what Tom was trying to communicate - there is NO need to rely on chemicals to grow or maintain a lawn when other, more responsible, less environmentally damaging and less EXPENSIVE methods are available to the average homeowner. http://www.cityofseattle.net/util/la...s/Grnlwn61.pdf pam - gardengal |
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