Apr. 7—When it comes to fertilizer, you can have too much of a good thing. Whether growers are managing cash crops, a backyard garden or a single flower bed, professionals suggest following ...

Soil should be alive and it is a fact that chemical fertilizers kill the microbial activity in soil. Do we really need ...

I have been receiving questions about organic fertilizers. One problem is that many organic fertilizers are incomplete. As you know, a complete fertilizer such as 5-10-15 is 5% Nitrogen, 10% ...

I thought it was a good idea to make organic gardening easier. A company had packaged tea bags filled with a blend of organic fertilizers. It was to be placed in a deep hole beneath a seedling for a ...

In December 2016, the National Organic Program (NOP) issued guidance 5034-1 that can be interpreted as approving of food waste for use in organic crop production (for example, as an input in ...

Q: I just received the results of a soil sample that I sent to Penn State. The report suggested that to correct my problem of above-optimum magnesium and calcium and below-optimum potash, I should use ...

Once upon an organic fraud, two grifters sold farmers a $50-million river of fake fertilizer. Fish guts and chicken feathers, juiced with synthetic nitrogen, became the nutrient steroids of the gods.

I’ve added too much nitrogen to my garden this year as is evident by lush plants but small or no fruit on my yellow squash and pole beans. Is there a practical, organic way to counteract this mistake?

You've no doubt read about the advantages and near-miraculous properties of organic matter in the soil. Organic soil matter is anything that used to be alive or is currently alive. Organic matter is a ...