Difference between organic and inorganic fertilizers
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Difference between organic and inorganic fertilizers
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Difference between organic and inorganic fertilizers
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Organic fertilizers are obtained from plants and animal sources. Inorganic fertilizers are chemical substances manufactured from inorganic materials.
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ORGANIC FERTILIZER VS. INORGANIC: ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY LAWN CARE
If you’re interested in environmentally friendly lawn care, switching from your current traditional commercial lawn care company to a full-service company like Mowbot is a perfect option. Traditional companies use gas-based cars and equipment and create cross-contamination situations. If you’re strictly using organic fertilizers, your neighbor might not, and a lawn mower that serviced your neighbor carries those contaminants on its wheels and blades. Monbiot uses a robotic mower that lives and stays in your yard. The Robot Wranglers only used battery-powered cars and equipment, and the threat of noxious fumes and contamination is eliminated.
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ORGANIC FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS
Organic fertilizers release nutrients as they break down, improving the soil and its ability to hold water and nutrients. Given time, they make your soil and plants healthier and hardier. Organic fertilizers carry little risk of a toxic overdose of chemicals, but they require a breakdown of microorganisms to release nutrients, limiting their seasonal effectiveness and potentially increasing the amount of time they take to feed your plants.
INORGANIC FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS
Inorganic fertilizers are a fast dose of nutrients, feeding your plants how you want and when you want. They are fully artificial and manufactured in exact doses. Their nutrient ratios are clearly printed on the bag, and there is an inorganic fertilizer to meet your plant’s specific needs. Even though they are an almost perfect food source for your plants, they provide nothing for the soil, limiting their effectiveness in the long-term. There is also the very real risk of a toxic overdose of chemicals that leach arsenic, cadmium, and uranium into the soil, potentially affecting any growing fruits or vegetables.
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Organic vs. Inorganic Fertilizers
A visit down the fertilizer aisle in your garden center can leave you scratching your head in confusion. With so many numbers to consider — different formulations, ratios, grades and application rates — you may decide you need a degree in math to figure things out. Then, as you consider the different nutrients listed on the package — elements like nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and iron — you strain to remember even a cursory knowledge of high-school science classes. Finally, you’ll have to decide whether to use an organic or inorganic fertilizer without fully knowing the difference between the two.
The Grounds Guys® can help you navigate the fertilizer maze. As a starting point, deciding which fertilizers to use on your plants depends simply on the nutrient needs of different plants and the availability of those nutrients in your soil. If you broadcast a randomly chosen fertilizer on your lawn, in your flower beds or vegetable garden, you may be wasting money on nutrients that your particular plants don’t need; or even worse, you may do more harm than good by providing excessive fertilization that can burn — or even kill — your plants. And the misconception that organic fertilizers can’t harm your plants can lead to disastrous results.
The Grounds Guys will test your soil to eliminate the guesswork of what to use and how much to apply, and we’ll even adjust the soil’s pH, if needed. If the pH is not in an optimal range, your plants cannot uptake the fertilizer they need — even if you supply it. Fertilizer is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Our landscape professionals know how your lawn needs different nutrients than your shrubs or trees, and how your flower beds need even different fertilizers. Based on our soil-test recommendations, your next decision is whether to use an organic or inorganic fertilizer to provide the needed nutrients.