I do my best to grow a lot of food without spending much or working harder than I have to. In pursuit of this goal, I carefully evaluate gardening tips before adopting them.
This video reviews 4 popular tips you can probably ignore.
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4 Tips You Can Probably Ignore:
0:58 Use phosphorus fertilizer to increase blooms and stimulate root growth
3:40 Buy and release ladybugs to control aphids and mites
4:51 Don’t use oak leaves in compost and mulch because they make soil acidic
5:48 Avoid wood mulches because they attract carpenter ants and termites
Sources:
“Decoding Gardening Advice” by Jeff Gillman and Meleah Maynard
http://amzn.to/2nr8Lnm
“The Myth of Beneficial Bone Meal” – Linda Chalker-Scott https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/bonemeal.pdf
“The Myth of Phosphate Fertilizer” – Linda Chalker-Scott https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/phosphate.pdf
“The Myth of Phosphate, pt. 2” – Linda Chalker-Scott https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/phosphate-2.pdf
The Garden Professors Blog post on excess phosphorus: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GardenProfessors/permalink/10155149292061490/
“Oak Mulch?” OSU Extension
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/question-of-the-week/oak-mulch
The Garden Professors Blog Facebook discussion on wood chips: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GardenProfessors/permalink/10154642664226490/?comment_id=10154642734951490&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D
“Wood Chip Mulch: Landscape Boon or Bane?” – https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/wood-chips.pdf
OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost and mulch. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.
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