Beyond Soil Tests
Though soil tests are useful for identifying nutrient deficiencies as well as
soil pH, they do not tell the whole story....
Compost Tea
Compost tea is being touted as the next big thing in gardening, compost
tea is reported to increase disease resistance in plants, reduce fertilizer and
water needs as well as plant stress, and improve soil structure, aeration,
retention of nutrients, and cycling of nutrients into plant-available forms.
Organic Fertilizers
When used in reference to fertilizers, the word organic generally means
that the nutrients contained in the product are derived solely from the
remains or a by-product of an organism.
Iron Chlorosis Signals Problems
Chlorosis means "becoming green." The term was first applied
to a human condition in which the skin took on a greenish hue. Today it
is more frequently used to describe plants whose normal color is green,
but which have a condition which results in a lack of green color in some
leaves.
Grow Your Own Nitrogen
A simple short fact page on how to add nitrogen to your garden soil.
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