Re: Organic Fertilizers

**P* M* <p*@meadows.pair.com>**

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:26:31 -0500, you wrote:

>Do any of you use organic fertilizers exclusively to grow crops?  If so, I'd 
>like to hear about your experiences, learn which commercial fertilizers you 
>favor and what works best for you.  This is for an article I'm writing on 
>the best way to feed your garden.  Please contact me offlist to keep the 
>chatter down.

I have used mushroom compost (spent mushroom soil) with
terrific results.  I'm lucky in that I can buy it fairly
reasonably, by the pickup truck-full.

Details:  http://www.americanmushroom.org/compost.htm

Also see:
http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/garden/soil/mushroom.html

I do not use it for seed starting or for indoor plants, but
I use it for almost everything else:  I use it straight for
outdoor containers and I mix it with soil for raised
planters in the garden.  

It has worked beautifully for everything I grow, with the
sole exception of carrots - I think it has too much nitrogen
for the carrots.  I find that I need no (other) fertilizer
the first year that I use it.  The second and following
years, I do add other fertilizers.

I do not know if this is 'certified organic' (but I don't
really care either as I'm not a certified organic grower).
It's certainly within the meaning of the word 'organic' as
we all knew and used it for many years before it was
co-opted by the government.

Pat
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