What organic fertilizer will make peppers and tomato plants grow like crazy?

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Beth Hoinacki, owner of Goodfoot Farm located about 20 miles northwest of Corvallis, Ore., looks over her chickens and geese that are part of the biodynamic agricultural method she is adopting on her farm. As the young mixed fruit orchard comes into production, Beth hopes to maintain a no-spray management program for insect pests and diseases. Beth is experimenting in this area with establishing habitat for beneficial insects and integrating animals. Four geese and over two dozen chickens help clean up any remaining fruit post harvest which may harbor pests and pathogens, eat bugs and weed seeds, as well as produce fertilizer where it’s needed while cultivating the soil as they scratch. The chickens provide eggs for family and friends and the geese also help manage the grass and weeds. Since introducing the birds, Beth has significantly reduced the need to mow the understory and has not sprayed any materials for insect pests or diseases, even those allowed in organic production systems.

Beth is participating in the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Organic Initiative. Pest management is one practice covered under the program. For more information on Organic EQIP and other conservation opportunities, see your local NRCS representative.

For the full story on Beth and her farm and other related stories, go to www.or.nrcs.usda.gov/news/showcase/index.html.

Question by Chris B: What organic fertilizer will make peppers and tomato plants grow like crazy?
bone meal
blood meal
fish emulsion
seaweed extract
compost
bat guano
vitamin b-1

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