Feb 17
Posted by Theron,
If you are wondering whether to use organic fertilizer insted of chemicals there are a few advantages. The obvious reason is that organic fertilizers are a natural source of food for your lawn and plants. Organic fertilizers contain microbes which have many benefits to the plants. Chemical fertilizers do not have these and although they do feed the plants it is an empty food source such as processed sugar for humans. Microbes help plants decompose, balance out the nutrients and neutralize the acidity of the soil. The best time to use organic fertilizer is before you plant or sod your lawn but you can still do very well with applying commercial organic fertilizer or compost as a top dressing.
I just don’t know why anyone would want to use anything else as fertilizer. I mean with all the chemicals involved it just makes sense to me to do things organically. Natural has to be the best.
I see that a lot of these store organics have fish products in them. Does anybody know what is in fish that makes them a good fertilizer? I also heard coffee grounds were good, but don’t know much about it.
With as many organic commercial fertilizers as their are available, and the ability to do your own, I don’t see why anyone would want to use chemicals on their lawn or garden. It would surely be great for everyone to eliminate all these chemicals that we don’t really know what they do to us.
Did anyone see the documentary on what Monsanto products are doing with corn growing in other countries. With their own genetically engineered corn that can only be grown with their own herbicides they are basically taking over the worlds corn crops. Check it out if you get the chance.
One thing about organic fertilizer is it replenishes your soil with nutrients and keeps it less compact and airey. If you only use chemicals your soil will need more and more to produce the same results.
I use chemical fertilizer on my grass every year . The one thing I like is how green it makes my lawn. It is also very fast. Will natural fertilizer give me the same results?
I would not recommed using compost with manure for your lawn if only for the smell. I live in a humid and hot place and my neighbors weren’t too happy. Anyway some thing with grass and table scraps, things like that will work just great.
I have always used compost for my lawn and garden. It takes awhile to get it started but once you start doing it, it gets pretty easy. It is a lot cheaper than buying chemicals and seems to work better in the long run too.