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Soil Testing - Mowing
- Organic Fertilizer - Organic
Weed Preventer - Grub Control
- Lawn
Clean-up - Snow plowing
Organic Fertilizer
Organic
Organic products consist of 100% natural organic matter
from derived partially decomposed remains of plants or
animals. Organic fertilizers are made from materials
such as compost, sea weed, fish meal, bone meal, and
animal manures.
Organic Based
Fertilizers that contain at least 15% organic matter can
be described as "Organic based". Back to
Nature does not use any “organic based” fertilizers;
we use totally organic natural fertilizers.
Why Organic
Organic fertilizers add organic matter to make a healthy
soil instead of destroying the nutrients in the soil as
chemical fertilizers do. As more and more chemical
fertilizer is added to a lawn it breaks down more and
more nutrients. Eventually, nutrients for the grass to
live on are reduced, making it become increasingly
dependent on the chemicals in the fertilizer. The grass
(which has fewer nutrients left to support it) begins to
deteriorate. This scenario causes the following results:
- Ground water pollution
- Insect problems
- Greater potential for disease
- Soil compacting
- Thatch buildup
- Decreased drought tolerance
- A colossal waste of money both from nitrogen lost
and synthetic controls required to combat all these new
problems.
Improving the soil will promote a
healthy green lawn and root system. As organic matter
builds up in the soil, it helps the soil to hold water
and nutrients, and helps to prevents soil compaction.
Environment
Organic fertilizers provide a slow release of nitrogen.
The central difference between organic and inorganic
fertilizers is that organic fertilizers contain a higher
percentage of water insoluble nitrogen (WIN). While
synthetic fertilizer contain very little WIN, the WIN
ranges for organic fertilizers from 30-95%. Water
insolubility ensures that the nitrogen in the
fertilizers will not simply dissolve in water with the
first rain and rush down into the groundwater. Water
quality in ponds, streams, and in Canandaigua Lake, can
be improved by using proper organic fertilizers. Organic
fertilizers release nitrogen slowly, allowing the grass
to absorb much more of the total nitrogen in the
fertilizer. Only trace amounts of the nitrogen might
make it out into the ponds, streams and lakes.
Organic fertilizer containing phosphorous will only be
applied if a soil analysis calls for this treatment,
thus reducing the amount of phosphorous run off from
heavy rains into ponds, streams, and into Canandaigua
Lake.
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