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I tried organic just for the family. It’s next to impossible to keep plants alive and weeds out. How did people do it before NPK and glyphosate? It’s probably c

I tried organic just for the family. It’s next to impossible to keep plants alive and weeds out. How did people do it before NPK and glyphosate? It’s probably climate dependent and contingent on not having cross continental pests. The first year Japanese beetles pretty much ate my whole crop over the span of 3 weeks.

Turing_Machine 3y ago
> How did people do it before NPK and glyphosate? Slaves or serfs with hoes and rakes, mostly.
nightfly 3y ago
> How did people do it before NPK and glyphosate Compost/manure and lots of manual labor
- mortureb 3y ago
  Yeah, I still think not having every pest and weed from Asia helped as well. Most of the weeds and pests on my property are some combination of Japanese/Chinese/Asian ____.
  - nightfly 3y ago
    Yeah, I've got a Tree of Heaven problem that sucks hardcore