Sirgreggins
Well-Known Member
If salt based fertilizer is used, it will kill off some of the microbes with each application. If you pay attention to the soil food web, no fertilizer is ever needed. The plant takes in what it needs as it needs it. True organic fertilizer is nothing more than organic matter. The bacteria/fungi release enzymes to break it down and they're predators (nematodes, protozoa, etc) eat the bacteria/fungi. At that point the nutrients are released at the roots in a plant available form.