Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Professor Dillon Inouye, and Bruce Webb from Brigham Young University from BYU's Soil & Plant Analysis Lab, and other scientists from Utah State University, and the Stukenholtz Laboratories in Twin Falls, Idaho instructed us in properly and completely determining the truth about the above issues.

After extensive soil testing in Mittleider gardens of 3, 10, and 20 years the scientific results were reported as follows:
1. Yearly cost per acre to give plants all 13 nutrients they need is $260 - Schedule 1
2. Memo from BYU Soil & Plant Analysis Lab corroborates that the Mittleider Method is economically sound and environmentally friendly. Schedule 2
3. Scientific testing showed no build-up of salts, and no toxicity from any of the 13 nutrients. Schedule 2.
4. Memo from BYU Soils Lab states "The data clearly demonstrate . . no evidence of . . nitrogen over-fertilization . . . Therefore, the Mittleider Method of gardening is not a point-source of pollution." Schedule 2.
5. Because only 10-12" width is watered for 2 rows of plants, with no water in the aisles, much less water is used.- Schedule 3
6. Validations of The Mittleider Method - last 3 paragraphs.

I have included the named documents in the Files Section above, in a folder called Validations of The Mittleider Method.

There is so much more that could be said on this subject, and those of you who have attended seminars I have conducted have heard me compare the 7 ounces of fertilizer salts we apply to a Mittleider garden bed as compared to the 10-12 pounds of salts applied to the same space by an organic grower, as strong evidence that the shoe is actually on the other foot when it comes to over-application of chemical salts.