Aussieaceae
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I'm saying the way nutrient is sourced for any fertilizer doesn't sit well with me. All the nutrition for a plant can be sourced from above ground, and that's my point. When organic farming is done right, water and crop cycling is just about all you need.I don't disagree.
However, like you just said, the home grower can be more environmentally friendly, by not overusing or abusing either line of nutrition and ceasing any negative effects that would have occurred.
If you could make people stop destroying the planet, this organic vs synthetic chat we are having... wouldn't exist.
To sum this all up from my standpoint, neither is more detrimental. Wells have been manure poisoned, ponds have been leached with edta, and oceans contaminated with oil. Nothing changes and it hurts my heart.
That said, anybody with a high school chemistry education can reckognize that an ion is an ion, synthetic chelating agents are man made and leach out dragging whatever it bonds to with it, and overfertilizing is bad no matter the fertilizer. Is there a debate to be had... not about nutrients. Chelating agents... absolutely.
Effluent from huge farms and feed lots are a major concern, that's a different debate entirety, and not the point i'm making. That is a man made problem due to human demand. Don't even get me started on how a lot of organic amendments are sourced. There are two sides to every coin.
Point being, if the home grower is resourceful enough, they don't have to source fertilizer at all. Plant waste alone can make great compost.
Question is, are ANY fertilizers 100% renewable? Likely not anywhere close to the same demand. Big problem.
Edit: also just how concentrated many fertilizers are. It's extremely hard to burn an organic garden from organic material. That's a hell of a lot of crap in one dose.
I prefer organic grown weed. Just the way it is. With the option of choice, i'll take organic everytime, because it's organic. So damn what lol
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