Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Summary
• Mostly, we want to use fertilizers derived from naturally mined rock and from
plants, although many of the plant fertilizers we used in the past are now from ge-
netically modified crops.
• We can use a mix of dry and liquid fertilizers to achieve short and long-term goals,
applied throughout the growing season, with spring and fall being the most import-
ant.
• It's generally best to stay away from using purchased blends of fertilizers, because
some of the ingredients will supply nutrients that actually throw our soil out of bal-
ance, and some may be from genetically modified plants.
• We may have to do a bit of searching to find the fertilizers we need, but in the end
it's definitely worth the effort.
