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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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ORGANIC FERTILIZERS continue to improve the soil condition while increasing crop/plant productivity.
Included are sections which provide needed information to farmers everywhere about fertilizers and plant health.
Fertilizers should be used to maintain a balanced soil fertility, which will result in good vigorous plant growth.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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It acts chemically with soils whether alkaline or acidic to protect plant roots from excessive amounts of soluble fertilizers placed too close to the seed at planting or to the growing plants when applied as a side or top dressing.
Espoma brand fertilizers consist of a complex blend of natural ingredients and organic nutrients to provide plants with well-balanced meals.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals and the waste from farm animals can run into streams, creating problems for the plants and fish in downstream rivers and bays.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Chemical fertilizers are like quick shots of sugar to a plant and generally do not sustain as viable soil micro-life as do organic fertilizers.
Fertilizers are used to supply plants with nutrients that the soil lacks.
These fertilizers are used in the soil mix that we grow our nursery plants.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Other organic fertilizers were available, but there was little reliable information on how quickly they release nitrogen and what amounts were readily available to plants.
This decomposition is essential to plants, as they can't uptake most fertilizers directly but rely on the product of bacterial action on the fertilizers to feed themselves.
Nitrogen from organic fertilizers does not become available for plant growth as quickly as that from commercial chemical sources.
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