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Chemical fertilizers vs non chemical fertilizers

I've been gardening for a few years no, we usually plant with 8-8-8 or 13-13-13 and top dress with 34-0-0. This year after reading Acres magazine and documentaries I would like to use non chemical fertilizers. New have a good bit of rabbit manure from the rabbits we raise. I had read somewhere that a non chemical fertilizer like 3-3-3 would be comparable to a chem. 10-10-10 because of the way they break down in the soil. School me please!

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Permalink Reply by Pat Barr on January 10, 2012 at 8:05pm

Kim,

I use the old style for corn... I plant pole beans along with the corn. The corn provides the pole, and the beans provide extra nitrogen.

Pat

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Permalink Reply by Kim Gates on January 11, 2012 at 12:03pm

Put some squash underneath and have a 3-sisters planting! On my todo list for this year!

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Permalink Reply by Homesteader on January 31, 2012 at 8:10pm

a little rabbit manure and lots of mulch with a little wood ash will make a great garden. Let your plants tell you what they need, listen carefully. If you do this, then you will have a wonderful garden.

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Permalink Reply by Ellen Samek on March 11, 2012 at 12:54am

If i use the newspaper to line the rows for weeds and layer with grass clippings...what kind of concern do need to worry about in making sure that no weed clippings are included in it?