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As a service to consumers the UPage 1University of California Vegetable Research and Information CenterAs a service to consumers the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reproduced this chapter from the 1977 Yearbook of Agriculture. A copy of the Yearbook Gardening for Food and Fun may be purchased by sending a check or money order for $6.50 to Superintendent of Documents Washington D.C. 20402. When ordering use Stock Number 001000036793. Organic GardeningThink Mulch by Wesley P. Judkins Organic gardening is the production of crops without the use of inorganic chemical fertilizers or pesticides. This means that only organic fertilizers such as manuresewage sludge cottonseed meal bone meal or dried blood are used. Alsodiseases insects and weeds are controlledby natural resistance birds predator insects or mechanical means rather than by using pesticides or herbicides. Organic methods may be followed withsuccess in the home vegetable garden. This is especially true if mulches are used during the summer and the crop refuse is returned to the soil each year to replenish and increase the organic matter content. Regardless of the original source fertilizerin the soil must break down into its ionic form before it can be used by plants. Theions which are then absorbed are identicalwhether derived from an organic or inorganic source. Therefore in terms ofbenefits to plants when similar quantities ofnutrients are available there is noadvantage for either organic or inorganic fertilizer. Organic materials are less caustic thaninorganic fertilizers and except for poultry manure may be used with little possibility of damage to plants. The nutrients from organic fertilizers are rather slowly madeavailable to plants. This may be anadvantage where delayed release is desiredto promote plant growth over an extendedperiod. Manure is commonly salvaged as a low cost fertilize ...

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