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Mineral Balance Versus Soil Biology First

Gardening When It Counts Growing Food in Hard Times holds Apply a prescribed complete organic fertilizer to correct mineral balance and directly feed plants (“Gardening When It Counts Growing Food in Hard Times”); Rodale organic gardening basics. Volume 2, Soil and Teaming with microbes the organic gardeners guide to the soil food web hold Feed the soil food web with compost and minimal amendment, letting biology deliver nutrients (“Teaming with microbes the organic gardeners guide to the soil food web”, “Rodale organic gardening basics. Volume 2, Soil”).

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Apply a prescribed complete organic fertilizer to correct mineral balance and directly feed plants (“Gardening When It Counts Growing Food in Hard Times”)

Feed the soil food web with compost and minimal amendment, letting biology deliver nutrients (“Teaming with microbes the organic gardeners guide to the soil food web”, “Rodale organic gardening basics. Volume 2, Soil”)

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