Document Type
Fact Sheet
Series No.
578
Description
The frequently used terms "organic farming" or "organic gardening" have different meanings to different people. Some organic gardeners, for example, US'e sterile soil and furnish plant food in the irrigation water, but they refrain from using chemical herbicides, insecticides, fungicides or other pesticides. They call this "organic gardening," even though they are applying the same "inorganic" plant foods ― nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium ― and any of a dozen other inorganic elements essential for plant growth that are provided by nature. At the same time, they refrain from using pesticides which are "organic" compounds.
Publication Date
1972
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension, "Facts About Organic Farming and Gardening" (1972). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 633.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/633
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.