I am thinking "organic" needs to be broken in to 2 sub categories...
Soil culture | organic fertilizer
One is feeding the plant and the other is feeding the soil. Organic fertilizer may feed soil culture but that is missing the point of soil culture method.
I like to think of it like this.
N-P-K C,M, and the others= Fertilizer (even if its organic)
Fungi, protozoa, and bacteria= Soil culture inoculant
I do not feed my plants I feed my soil, and it feeds my plants for me. Thats the way the plant evolved and/or god made it,
that's the way I do it.
I dont do it that way because I am a nature freak, hippy, whatever. I do it because it is cheap and easy and the plants show me good results.
The biology of a plant was designed to take advantage of soil culture. Take that a way and you are disrupting the system that manages the plant.
This may not be conventional thinking but it works well for me and that's what matters.
Sure you can mix the two types of organic growing, but it is important to know the difference.
