What is the difference between organic and mineral fertilizers?
The short answer for this question is: the source of the components. Organic fertilizers are composed of materials that are derived from biological or mineral sources that are in there natural state or have been processed to some degree. Mineral fertilizers are composed of ionic compound or salts. As far as performance goes each has its own pros and cons. Most Organic fertilizers only contain a small amount of soluble nutrients that the plant can easily absorb and utilize immediately. The rest are bound up in larger organic compound that require a period of time to be broken down by normal decomposition or with the aid of biological activity in the growing medium. If there is a healthy population of microbes in the growing media, then the proper application of the right organic fertilizer will perform well in most growing condition. If the growing media is relatively sterile then the organic compound will be slow to break down and the grower may run into nutrient deficiencies regardles
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