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Re: Osmocote

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Martha said,
>I wasn't aware this was an organic product. I know in most potted plants we 
>get from nurseries, the soil base has osmocote in it, so I guess I assumed 
>it was a chemical product. Could someone read their bag / box and tell us 
>what's in it?

Well, *I* assumed it was organic because Don Chapman said to use it in
conjunction with his mycorrhizal products, and he recommends against
synthetics because they burn the myco's!  But now that Martha has stimulated
me to look at the box, I'm changing my mind about Osmocote.

The "Vegetable & Bedding Plant Food" formula is 14-14-14 14 with NPK
"derived from ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, calcium phosphate, and
potassium sulfate."

Sounds pretty chemical-y to me, and the current owner of the brand is
Scotts, definitely a chemical house.

Interestingly enough, Osmocote has been mentioned several times over on the
Organic Gardening List, and nobody there challenged its use.  And those
folks are fanatics!

--Janet


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