138- Organic Fertilizer Options with Joe Lamp'l

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

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🗓️ 2 June 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You've probably heard it said that soil quality and fertility is paramount for a successful garden. You probably even know that compost is one of the best amendments you can add to your soil. But what about organic fertilizers?

I frequently get questions about organic fertilizers -- specifically, what to use and when to use it. For this topic, I turned to Joe Lamp'l and in this episode of the Beginners' Garden Podcast, we talk about organic fertilizer options.

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Other Episodes with Joe Lamp’l:

Tomato Troubleshooting: https://journeywithjill.net/gardening/2019/07/02/troubleshooting-tomato-plant-problems-with-joe-lampl/

Irrigation Best Practices: https://journeywithjill.net/gardening/2019/07/09/garden-irrigation-best-practices-with-joe-lampl/

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0:00.0	Are you growing an organic garden this year, or at least trying to? If so, then you may have had the same questions that I have had over the years, and frankly, still have to some degree. One of those questions has to do with organic fertilizer. What is it? Do I even need it, especially if I've worked so hard to amend my soil and have it healthy
0:24.0	to begin with? And what's the difference between organic and synthetic fertilizers anyway? Does it
0:30.2	matter? Maybe you've heard that the plants can't tell the difference, so why should we? The good news is,
0:36.0	even though this topic is a little bit confusing,
0:39.3	especially for the beginning gardener, I have someone on the show today who is going to
0:44.0	demystify organic fertilizer options. I'm sure you know him. It's Joe Lample and he's been on
0:51.0	the podcast before, episodes number 91 and 92, where he talked to us about
0:57.0	tomato problems and irrigation to other top questions that I get here on the podcast.
1:04.0	You may also know Joe from his podcast, the Joe Gardner Show, and his PBS show Growing a Greener World, which is one of my favorites.
1:15.0	Joe is the go-to guy when it comes to organic anything in the garden.
1:20.4	And frankly, he is a resource I wish I knew about when I first started my garden.
1:25.4	He has all the high- level knowledge you can ever imagine,
1:28.5	and yet he knows how to put it in a way that we all can understand. If you found yourself asking
1:35.0	questions like I mentioned before, or if you have specific questions on different organic
1:40.9	fertilizer methods that you've seen, like fish emulsion, blood meal, bone
1:45.4	meal, and things like that, Joe's going to answer all of those questions for you in today's
1:50.1	podcast. Get ready. You're going to love this one. Hi, I'm Jill, and in 2013, I started my first
1:58.7	garden, having no background, knowledge, or experience whatsoever.
2:02.9	Now I am embarking on my eighth season of growing my own vegetables, fruits, and herbs,
2:07.3	and I'm proof that you don't have to have decades of experience to grow your own garden,
2:12.3	big or small. I certainly don't know at all, but I can share what I've learned and bring
2:16.5	guests along who can offer much more wisdom than I have.
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