08-07-2007
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Re: "Wee Beasties" and other "Critters" in TP
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BY JOSHUA SISKIN
Article Last Updated: 08/03/2007 06:59:13 PM PDT
A fertilisation philosophy is more important than the actual fertilisers you apply. Fertilisation is not so much a solution to a plant's nutritional needs as it is a strategy of ensuring long-term health, not only for plants but for the soil they inhabit.
It should be noted that "plant food" is not something that can be externally supplied since plants make their own food, which is sugar, from carbon dioxide and water.
What we can provide are the mineral elements that make leaves green, enhancing their light-trapping capacity while also serving as catalysts for photosynthesis and other physiological processes.
The mineral elements needed by plants can be provided immediately with fast-acting fertilisers or, a little at a time, with mulch.
If you mulch properly, the humus that is eventually created in the soil will provide constant mineral sustenance for your plants.
The best testimony to the benefits of mulch can be found in the classic book, "Gardening Without Work," by Ruth Stout.
"My no-work gardening method
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LA Daily News - What's good for the soil is good for the plant
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"Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden."
~Orson Scott Card 
Last edited by Michaelangelica; 03-07-2008 at 12:59 AM..
Reason: take out crap
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