Using Organic Fertilizers Part 1

Organic Fertilizers Part 1

If you are planning to to make the switch from chemcal to organic fertilizers, you may be afraid that using organic materials will be more complicated and less convenient than using premixed chemical fertilizers. This is not so! Commercially formulated organic fertilizer blends can be just as convenient and effective as blended synthetic fertilizers. If you want to try a plant-specific approach to fertilizing, you can use a variety of specialty organic fertilizers that are available from mail order supply companies or at many well-stocked garden centers. For example, you can use blood meal, chicken-feather meal, or fish meal as nitrogen sources. Bonemeal is a good souce of phosphorus, and kelp or greensand are organic sources of potassium. Part 2 will be on Dry organic fertilizers and Liquid organic fertilizers. Organic Fertilizers Part 1