Should You Use Organic Seeds And Plants In Your Organic Garden?
How organic does your organic garden have to be? Well, the organic gardening police are not out in force yet to a garden near you. Usually, organic gardening refers to how you grow and maintain your garden, not with the source of your plant material. But more and more, people are wanting organic seeds and plants to begin with for their organic gardens.
The Disadvantages
The big disadvantage of using only organic seeds and plants for your organic garden is that they are a lot more expensive than usual seeds and plants. They take a lot more money to grow and harvest in order to insure that they can be labeled organic. Some even come in biodegradable packets or packaging.
However, growing and harvesting organic seeds and plants is such a new industry that there are not many companies or nurseries that even offer organic seeds and plants. Perhaps as years go by and there is more of a demand for organic seeds and plants will finding them be a lot easier.
There is also no growing advantage by using organic seeds and plants in a garden using organic methods and mixtures. In other words, they are not "used" to organic gardening more than any other seed. They are just as prone as having problems like diseases or attracting pests as regular seeds or plants.
The Advantages
The main advantage of using only organic seeds and plants in you garden is that they are organic and promote organic agriculture. This does insure that you have as much of an organic garden as possible. You also have the knowledge that very harsh poisonous fertilizers and pesticides were not used in the growing of your organic seeds and plants.
Another advantage is that organic seeds and plants may become more responsive to organic growing methods over time, for both private gardens and business agriculture. Some also claim that fruits, vegetables an herbs grown from organic seeds and plants taste better. Since this is still such a new area of gardening, there is no known limit to what can be accomplished.
It may take longer to get a hold of organic seed sand plants, but it is possible if you want to start your organic garden off on the right foot. You can search online at the website of the National Sustainable Agriculture Information service (sometimes known as the ATTRA, for some reason).
