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Organic Fertilizer versus Chemical Fertilizer
January 29, 2010No Comments
HOW ORGANIC FERTILIZER WORKS
To begin with, let us recall some basic facts about plant nutrition. Green
plants obtain raw materials for their biosynthetic processes in rather
simple forms: carbon dioxide, water, nitrate, phosphate, and ionic forms of
potassium, calcium, and other essential elements. Nitrogen, to choose a
particularly contentious example, almost always enters the roots as nitrate,
becoming assimilated by [...]
Turf Grass Selection (Articles 1 – 5)
January 29, 20101 Comment
Turf Grass Selection (Article #1)
At Geo Growers we get so many questions about turf grass
it’s hard to know where to begin. The best place to start is to
ask what you want to end up with; how easy is it to maintain,
and, most importantly, how much water will it require? Quite
often, the most recommended grass is [...]
RETURN TO THE CARBON CYCLE
January 29, 2010No Comments
Turf Grass Production and Stewardship
1. Turf grass is generally grown within a monoculture system, and
as such, has a delicately balanced ecosystem.
2. All too often, lawns have way too much phosphorus (P) and
potassium (K), and not nearly enough nitrogen (N).
3. Carbon-depleted soils cannot effectively hold nitrogen for the
length of time it takes roots to absorb it; [...]
The seven low-cost, no-cost things you can do to conserve water and save money and labor with your lawn.
1. Mow your grass as high as the mower will allow. The taller the
grass, the more roots will develop below the soil. The taller the grass,
the cooler the soil will be. Cooler soil means more enzymatic activity.
And [...]
Hope Lives at Geo Growers
January 25, 2010No Comments
The times ahead are a great opportunity for us to come together as a community of caring persons; husbands, wives, parents, children, and neighbors to garden and farm our way out of this financial and food crisis. In the aftermath of the stupidity of importing more food than we produce, America, once called the “bread [...]
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