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Old 07-18-2016, 01:22 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Default Re: HELP! What did I do?

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One good reason to stick with organic fertilizing, you just can't overfertilize with properly made compost until you bury the plant, the plant will have everything it needs and simply won't use the rest.
This is false -- but not in the sense of over fertilizing the plant. Rather, you will undersupply the plant with specific primary, secondary, and micro nutrients which are either in negligible quantities or completely absent in your "properly made compost".

Further, in your area anything the plant doesn't use becomes ground water pollution.

The most common error I see in homeowner organic gardening is oversupplying plants with Nitrogen in relation to everything else.
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