Natural, organic gardening involves the practice of growing vegetables, and fruits using only natural fertilizers, soil amendments and seed treatments. Organic gardening concepts can also apply to growing  flowers, trees, shrubs, and  lawn care.

Typically, organic gardeners do not rely on synthetic chemicals I.e. fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides etc. to produce healthy plants and produce. Instead, they rely on natural fertilizers, humic and fulvic acids, complex carbohydrates, compost, etc. that stimulate soil life.

Healthy organic garden soil, that is rich in organic matter, can nourish and sustain a healthy biomass, including beneficial soil bacteria, protozoa and fungi, that break down nutrients and and turn them into a form that is readily available to the plants.

There are seventeen nutrients that, when applied to soil, play a major role in determining plant health and crop yield. In order for plants to absorb these nutrients, the nutrients must be dissolved. When nutrients are dissolved, they are in a form called "ions" and are electrically charged.

Typically, good organic soil is made up of clay and organic matter. Both  fractions carry a negative charge and, since, in soil chemistry, "opposites attract" and "likes repel", they attract cation (positive) elements and contribute to a high CEC.

Nutrients that have a positive electrical charge, in their plant available form, include potassium (K⁺), ammonium (NH₄⁺), magnesium ( Mg⁺⁺), calcium (Ca⁺⁺), zinc (Zn⁺), manganese (Mn⁺⁺), iron (Fe⁺⁺), copper (Cu⁺) and hydrogen (H⁺). While hydrogen is not classified as a nutrient, it directly affects soil pH and is therefore important.

Nutrients that have a negative electrical charge in their plant available form are called anions and include nitrate (NO₃^-), phosphate (H₂PO₄^- and HPO₄^--), sulfate (SO₄^-), borate (BO₃^-), and molybdate (MoO₄^--).

Phosphates are unique in that they are highly reactive and are not mobile in the soil. Most phosphates will combine with other elements or compounds in the soil, other than clay and organic matter. The resulting compounds are not soluble, and will precipitate out of soil solution. In this state, they are unavailable to plants, and form the phosphorus "reserve" in the soil.

COMPLIANCE
EcoChem Garden products are produced in accordance with NOSB (National Organic Standards Board) guidelines. The materials used in the production process are derived from naturally occurring and sustainable sources and are consistent with organic principals and the National List of Allowed Substances. EcoChem garden products do NOT contain synthetic chemicals, animal components, animal byproducts, manure or manure byproducts. EcoChem garden products are  environmentally safe and are not harmful to animals, plants and humans.