XPOST : Gardening - Are my nonorganic seedlings organic enough?

[Guest guest]

One trip to the store.

 

Hahahahahaha!

 

It'll be just fine, Shari. Step back and look at the larger picture:

 

- Do you water with city-provided water?

- Are you growing in beds sitting on what was once a fertilized lawn or the

like?

 

See what I mean? And more important, there is research that suggests that

ongoing use of compost nurtures organisms that digest almost all organic

material (here I mean in the chemistry sense), regardless of whether that

material was certified as " organic " (here I mean the commercial/legal term).

 

 

Make sense?

Elchanan

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SV [shavig]

Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:48 AM

 

organic

 

 

 

I've got a question: if I bought a start and it's not organic, but I plant

and grow it organically, how far from organic is it really?

 

Just have always been curious about concerning organic from " birth " .

 

Thanks, Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

Makes sense and I don't have any non-organic starts, I was just curious.

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

Shari,

I thought this was a really good question, and it inspired me to ask about how

to be most ideal in other things. Starting with gardening, assuming that things

like air quality can't be controlled - except maybe by choosing location, what

would be the most ideal way to grow a pure garden?

 

Organic, heirloom seeds.

Rainwater

Free range compost

Others? Suggestions?

 

Nick Hein

Morgantown, WV (WA expatriate)

 

 

 

 

 

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SV

Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:11 PM

Re: XPOST : Gardening - Are my nonorganic seedlings

" organic enough " ?

 

 

Makes sense and I don't have any non-organic starts, I was just curious.

 

Shari

 

[Guest guest]

Nick - David Wolfe also includes sea water in his gardens. I know my husband

went to the bay and got water to transplant our blueberries. We shall see if it

makes any difference. He gets bay water about 2x a month to water with.

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

Shari,

 

This is just like creating health. When we move away from thinking in

fractional terms (as below) and toward thinking in ecosystems, we open a

whole new world for ourselves.

 

Best,

Elchanan

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SV

Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:41 PM

 

Re: XPOST : Gardening - Are my nonorganic seedlings

" organic enough " ?

 

 

Nick - David Wolfe also includes sea water in his gardens. I know my husband

went to the bay and got water to transplant our blueberries. We shall see if

it makes any difference. He gets bay water about 2x a month to water with.

 

Shari