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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost AT gilanet.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] fertilizers
  • Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:46:29 -0700


If the soil is right to begin with, why would you need to add fertilizer?
With the right balance of organic matter, microbes, and nutrients, you can
only encourage pests or weak growth by adding something else and disturbing
the natural balance. Then you end up having to use chemicals to control
things that wouldn't have been there in the first place - like spider mites
or aphids attracted by the nitrogen in fish emulsion. This is my
experience.

paul tradingpost AT gilanet.com
http://largocreekfarms.com
http://medicinehill.net

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On 3/15/2005 at 9:47 AM robert schuler wrote:

>I used to sell organic transplants in 3" peat pots I used a mixture of
>compost
>and peatmoss. I added a dry 100% organic fertilizer called Fertrell 4-2-4
>which
>has no odor and grew great plants. I have used fish at times and never had
>a
>problem with odor. If your going to add liquid fish emulsion don't add any
>for a
>week or more before selling plants. I don't sell organic plants today
>because
>its very hard to control plant stretching with organic fertilizers... Bob.
>Sunny Meadow Farm
>Bridgeton, NJ.
>
>sue roseman wrote:
>
>> Hello I live in zone 5-6. Northwest Mo. I hve been using a fidh based
>> fertilizer for yrs. when I grow transplants. However I want to sell
>> transplants and don't want the odor to offend my customers. I am not
>> certified but want to get Naturally Grown certified. Can anyone
>recommend a
>> good balanced fertilizer that I can use that doesn't smell bad. Thanks
>Sue
>>







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