The above chart summarizes crop output for a number of different types of vegetables, and it contrasts the impacts of organic and non-organic fertilizer on production.
Crop output varied overall from 1 bushel (in the case of non-organically fertilized tomatoes and lettuce) to 5. 5 bushels (in the case of organically fertilized green peppers). Overall, it appears that organic fertilizer significantly outperformed regular fertilizer for some crops, while it marginally outperformed or was equal in performance to regular fertilizer for others. In the case of tomatoes, green pepper, and cucumber, the organic yield was more than doubled that of the non-organic equivalent. In the case of spinach and lettuce, the organic output was slightly higher, whereas there was no difference in the output of organic versus non-organic kale.
Overall, data suggest that organic fertilizer may produce superior results for some or all vegetables, particularly in the case of fruiting plants versus salad greens.
The above chart summarizes crop
output
for a number of
different
types of vegetables, and it contrasts the impacts of
organic
and non-organic
fertilizer
on production.
Crop
output
varied
overall
from 1 bushel (in the case of non-
organically
fertilized tomatoes and lettuce) to 5. 5 bushels (in the case of
organically
fertilized green peppers).
Overall
, it appears that
organic
fertilizer
significantly
outperformed regular
fertilizer
for
some
crops, while it
marginally
outperformed or was equal in performance to regular
fertilizer
for others. In the case of tomatoes, green pepper, and cucumber, the
organic
yield was more than doubled that of the non-organic equivalent. In the case of spinach and lettuce, the
organic
output
was
slightly
higher, whereas there was no difference in the
output
of
organic
versus non-organic kale.
Overall
, data suggest that
organic
fertilizer
may produce superior results for
some
or all vegetables,
particularly
in the case of fruiting plants versus salad greens.