tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992787439074403830.post2846584791671474783..comments2024-01-13T19:43:05.161+00:00Comments on Allotment Garden: Yet more myths and legends: misconceptions in gardening.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992787439074403830.post-49076802977034832012015-12-12T22:11:40.857+00:002015-12-12T22:11:40.857+00:00Hi Roger. Absolutely right about artificial ferti...Hi Roger. Absolutely right about artificial fertilisers. Still find them unnecessary though. See what you think of my next blog.Anthony Cuthberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02875794858885289856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992787439074403830.post-75714225285604448602015-12-12T12:17:36.499+00:002015-12-12T12:17:36.499+00:00Fascinating and as useful to gardeners as usual An...Fascinating and as useful to gardeners as usual Anthony. I think you are a bit hard on Charles! Most of us use terms like 'liquid feeding' and fully understand we are just talking about adding nutrients.<br />I do not agree that fertilisers degrade soils although of course bad practices can lead to high salt concentration such as in greenhouse soils when there is insufficient irrigation to provide drainage.<br />The MYTH that fertilisers degrade soil probably arises from where some farmers degrade soils by all those bad practices we both abhor but they continue getting good yields because of fertiliser. Until soil degradation by all those bad practices makes it all go pear shaped… It was not the fertiliser that did the damage, just by the complacency it gives the grower...Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.com