Read most organic books or blogs and they will tell you that synthetic chemical fertilizers are killing the bacteria and…
In my post Fertilizer: Selecting the Right NPK Ratio, I explained that you don’t feed plants – you feed the soil…
Plant nutrient is a term used to describe plant food. We all know compost is good for the garden, but most of the good stuff…
A lot of the stuff on the internet is garbage when it comes to gardening advice. I am not surprised about that since many…
We eat 3 times a day and the food we eat provides all of the nutrients we need to live. The chemicals in food are used by our…
Most references say that the NPK values indicate the % nitrogen, % phosphorus and % potassium. They say this, not because…
The advice to add egg shells to the garden or compost pile is very common. In my last post I looked at some evidence that…
Bloom Boosters are said to increase the number of flowers on your plant. Nonsense. They don’t work, and can actually…
Almost daily, I see a post in social media about using Epsom salt to cure all manner of plant problem. Planting a new plant;…