Organic Gardening

We have chosen to feature organic products as a way for each consumer to take responsibility for living a healthier life and keeping our environment safe. There are little steps you can take to make this happen and we are here to help you along the way!

Please stop in to see all the organic products we feature and read more about some of these products below:

Step 1 & 4: Lawn Booster Step 2: Kelp Booster Step 3: Microbial Soil Conditioner

Organica's 4 Step Program is a back to basics approach to plant management designed to revitalize soil biology and provide a foundation for healthy turf growth. The establishment of beneficial microbial populations is the key to creating a healthy soil environment. Over the last 500 million years plants and beneficial soil microorganisms have developed a symbiotic relationship. When a plant photosynthesizes it releases a carbon exudate into the soil, which microorganisms utilize as a food source.

The microbes then surround the root to feed on the carbon and in return protect the plant roots, recycle nutrients, improve nutrient availability, improve nutrient absorption, minimize nutrient leaching and improve the soil structure over time. As you can see this truly is a "symbiotic relationship".

Unfortunately today many soils are grossly out of balance and are virtually devoid of beneficial microbial populations. This is due primarily to an over reliance on "quick fix" cultural practices, which rely on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides to manage turf. Studies have shown that most insect and disease infestation is actually brought on by pushing excessive plant growth with water - soluble inorganic fertilizers! This unnatural growth weakens the plant and makes it an opportunistic target for insects and disease. Pesticides are then applied to control these self- inflicted manifestations and they exacerbate the problem by killing non - target beneficial soil microorganisms. Once you start killing off the beneficial microbial populations the vicious cycle begins. When the microbes are no longer there to protect the roots you are forced to apply more pesticides and the vicious cycle is perpetuated!!!!!

Organica's "Natural Lawn Program" is designed to reestablish these beneficial microbial populations and provide the soil with the necessary components to promote healthy controlled growth and reduce plant stress. Each component is synergistic further increasing the efficacy & overall performance of the program!!
STEP 1

LAWN BOOSTER (8-1-1): Apply in Spring
Patented biologically enhanced fertilizer (US Patent No. 6,228,806)
Contains corn gluten, bone meal, sulfate of potash & beneficial soil bacteria
Provides slow release N, P, K / Does not push excessive growth
Improves nutrient availability (solubizes P, K & fixes atmospheric N)
Improves soil structure, increases humus levels
Provides turf with increased resistance to environmental extremes (drought, heat, foot traffic)

STEP 2

KELP BOOSTER: Apply Late Spring
Bio-stimulant / Contains plant growth hormones, micronutrients, vitamins & amino acids
Stimulates healthy turf growth, increases root development
Provides turf with essential micronutrients, amino acids & vitamins
Provides turf with increased resistance to environmental extremes (drought, heat, foot traffic)
Rich in calcium (essential for cell wall development & plant growth)

STEP 3

MICROBIAL SOIL CONDITIONER: Apply Early Summer
Microbial soil inoculant / Contains beneficial soil bacteria, actinomyces, fungi, vitamins, amino acids Provides turf with increased resistance to environmental extremes (drought, heat, foot traffic)
Improves nutrient availability (solubilizes P, K, Ca, Mg and fixes atmospheric N)
Rich in calcium (essential for cell wall development & plant growth)
Improves soil structure, increases humus levels

STEP 4

LAWN BOOSTER (8-1-1): Apply Early Fall
Patented biologically enhanced fertilizer (US Patent No. 6,228,806)
Provides slow release N, P, K / Does not push excessive growth
Sustains turf through fall & winter months
Provides increased resistance to environmental extremes (drought, heat, cold, foot traffic)
Improves soil structure, increases humus levels

Organica's K+ Neem is a unique and environmentally friendly product formulated to provide homeowners with an effective alternative to chemically based insecticides and fungicides. This water based, alcohol free, formulation controls a wide range of mites and insect pests and is also effective against powdery mildew disease. K+ Neem is the natural choice for vegetables, herbs, trees, shrubs, roses, houseplants and turf.

The manufacturing process begins with "cold pressed neem oil", which is extracted from the seeds of the Indian neem tree. These botanical oils are then put through a proprietary saponification process (it is made into a soap), the end result is a unique insecticidal / fungicidal soap derived entirely from a natural source. The fatty acids that comprise K+ Neem differ from the fatty acids found in conventional soaps.

Milky Spore- GRUB/JAPANESE BEETLE CONTROL

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Produced to USDA standards, MILKY SPORE is the safest material ever developed for control over the larvae (grubs) of Japanese Beetles.

St. Gabriel Laboratories' Milky Spore is a naturally occurring host specific bacterium (Bacillus popillae-Dutky). This product is lethal to a familiar destructive summer-time pest. It targets and discriminately works to attack the white grubs of Japanese Beetles.

The adult beetle feeds on fruits, flowers, shrubs, garden plants and the foliage of some field crops. At the immature beetle stage, the grub enjoys feeding on the roots of grass and other vegetation to include stems of plants.