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Re: Soil Food Web has Catch 22

I was recently nailed by a former extension agent for saying that I 
wouldn't usually advise people to mix organic fertilizers such as alfalfa 
meal with Osmocote, but that's what the local rose expert is advising.  The 
Extension "agent" snapped that plants don't know whether they're getting 
"commercial" or organic fertilizers.  Actually, I said "synthetic" instead 
of commercial, and I did say that ultimately soil would be harmed by 
synthetic fertilizers.  What do you guys do in a situation like that?  I 
don't think I've heard her last word.  Margaret Lauterbach
>Agreed, Jeff, we garden writers have to make soil biology easy to
>understand.  And, it has to be done in stages.  Hopefully, editors will be
>listening to us more, and we will be able to incorporate information.  Every
>time I speak before a gardening group or at a show, I talk a little about
>mycorrhizal fungi, about feeding the soil not the plant and about the
>importance of soil teeming with microbes.  I do this no matter my
>subject--from antique roses to landscaping on the cheap.  Always, there are
>people who come up afterwards and ask for more information.  My point
>is--there is interest.  We have to nurture and propagate it as garden
>writers.
>Doreen Howard

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