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Article: Using organic fertilizers the right way
- Article from:
- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2008
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Organic fertilizers are all the rage these days, and with good
reason. They can provide plants with a long, slow feed, and their
manufacture reuses waste products while putting less demand on
natural resources.
Many gardeners, though, make the mistake of approaching the use
of organic fertilizers in the same way as they might use a chemical
fertilizer.
For instance, the other day a gardening expert on the radio was
touting the benefits of guano, or bat droppings. He was right about
guano being rich in nutrients. It has almost 20 percent nitrogen in
a form that can be taken up quickly by plants. And guano surely is
natural: It's merely scooped out of caves where bats hang out, then
bagged up ...