What's wrong with fertilizer? Well, a little bit won't hurt anyone, but usually if you use fertilizer, some of it will wash off with the rains. Eventually, all these nutrients from everyone's lawns, gardens, and fields, flow into a large body water. Then a phenomenon called eutrophication occurs. All this excess organic chemicals such as nitrogen and phosphorous causes huge algal blooms to occur.

So you ask, Molly, what I am supposed to do if I don't want to use that much fertilizer? I can't just let my vegetables and plants die? Don't worry... a post is coming up soon that might be able to help you.
This image is from Plant Management in Florida Waters.
2 comments:
I am totally with you on using less fertilizer.
Over the past year I have helped my dad with the conversion by convincing him to start composting using the bin style and the worm type. The worm compost has given him a sort of "worm juice" that is, as he says, "5,000,000 times better! my plants have never grown faster, stronger and greener than they ever have before!"
Wow! That's great! I always think composting is the best way of returning waste to the earth, as opposed to dumping it in an overflowing landfill.
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