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Old 07-10-2009, 05:46 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: The Future of Fertilizer

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Originally Posted by OrganicBananac View Post
The harsh extracted minerals are not friendly to our microbial warriors. Which is why we feed the soil, not the plant.
I agree completely if we are talking about triple-15. But the majority of agriculture is using water-soluble majors, minors, and micros which are a different scenario.

I also agree with you that we need sustainability. That was possible with low-percentage nutrients when the planet population was 2 billion. We are quite a bit past that now.

The purpose of this thread was to alert people that the current nutrient stream which generates the vast majority of food on the planet is going to reach critical levels in most of our lifetimes. The current solution on the table is to recycle the nutrients that go into our foods by reclaiming them from sewage. Other ideas are certainly welcome and needed.
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