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Did you know that we support organic gardening and strive to heal Atlanta's soil and environment?  Our product line reflects this choice, and we can help you garden with nature at your home and business.  This list is updated frequently so keep checking back for more great products!

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Serenade - a bacterial fungicide that controls harmful garden diseases such as powdery mildew, black spot, sooty mold and more on trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals.  Can be used on vegetable crops.  OMRI Listed.  Click here for label instructions.

Frost Cloth -  we now have frost cloth for retail sale if you need to protect your tender plants!

Bio-tone Starter - a fertilizer/ bacterial inoculant for newly planted material.  Improves soil life and nutrient availability.  Can also be used for older landscapes and containers as a rejuvenator.

Corn Gluten - Natural pre-emergent!  REJOICE!!!  Kill those broadleaf weed seeds before they sprout in your lawn and flower beds.  Corn gluten is 10% natural nitrogen so it also acts as a fertilizer.  This is going to revolutionize weed control in organic systems, and can save you a lot of weeding woes.

Soil Moist Products
                   Soil Moist -      
                  
Transplant Formula
                  
Mycorrhiza - beneficial fungi and bacteria, soil moist, and a low-rate, slow-release fertilizer.  Mycorrhiza break down nutrients into more readily-absorbed forms, increasing plant growth and vigor.  Note that this slow-release fertilizer is not organic.
                  
Organic Blend - designed to jumpstart soil life in flower beds, perennial beds and gardens.  Mix with water and spray bed twice in three weeks.  Can also be used on new trees and shrubs.  Completely organic, contains beneficial soil bacteria.


 Phyta-Guard EC
- Made from rosemary and clove oils in a cottonseed oil base, this is great for disease and insects like aphids, mealybugs, and mites.  Acts like Neem oil but smells much much better!  Please use this for aphids instead of Neem, as studies have shown that Neem injures and kills ladybug eggs and larvae, which are beneficial predators of aphids.

Tomato Blossom End Rot Spray - Calcium spray that stops those nasty black spots from appearing on your tomatoes. Spray foliage and unaffected tomatoes weekly. Pull off any tomatoes already showing spots. Great this year because all the rain is not allowing plants to take up calcium from the soil. The rain is also washing away all the food you might have put out so up your feeding schedule to ensure a decent harvest.

Bt - a bacterial control for worms (caterpillars). Worms ingest the bacteria while feeding on treated plant material. They stop eating, shrivel and die within 3 days or so. Safe for veggies and herbs.

Conserve* Naturalyte Bug Spray - Contains spinosad, highly toxic to worms(caterpillars) and leaf-eating beetles, low-tox for beneficials like honeybees and ladybugs. Works on Japanese Beetles!!!!!

Misty Grower Fertilizer — Pelletized poultry poop! Deodorized for everyone’s sake. Some aroma but less than any other fertilizer. The best indoor organic fertilizer choice (houseplants!) Long-lasting residual fertilizer, slow-release nitrogen is great for flowering plants.

Neptune's Harvest Kelp Meal - This mild fertilizer is a fabulous soil conditioner.  Kelp meal adds a lot of organic matter to the soil. This would be great to mix in with worm castings or hen manure when topdressing established beds.

Neptune's Harvest Crab Shell - Great calcium source and mild fertilizer.  Especially good for vegetables.  Soil nematodes have a chitin shell (calcium) and this calcium rich fertilizer helps build nematode (chitin) eating bacterial colonies in your soil.  Nematodes damage plants by preying on their roots.

Hot Pepper Wax - Capsacin extracts from cayenne peppers in a food-grade wax spray. Repels insects by scent. Safe for veggies and herbs but can be used on anything. Pretty decent residual for organics (due to the wax), repels for 10-14 days.

Messenger - This is a vaccine for plants! Causes plants to fight a non-existent pathogen, resulting in profuse flowering and more vigorous growth.

Fire Ant’s Nightmare - Another spinosad product, works just like Ammdro fire ant bait. Safe for yards with animals and children.

Garlic Barrier - An all purpose insect repellant for inside and outside plants.  Repels insects with the garlic scent.  Smell is unnoticeable by humans after a hour or so.  This product really works and doesn't make your veggies taste like garlic!

Garden Lime - Lowers soil acidity (raises pH) and turns blue hydrangeas pink (eventually) and is crucial for lawns and veggie gardens.  Use 5# per 100 sq ft for lawns.

Aluminum Sulphate - Acid supplement lowers pH, increases soil acidity.  Great for deep blue hydrangeas and most native plants, dogwoods, azaleas, camellias, hollies, and more!

Bone Meal - Calcium boost for roses, tomatoes, bulbs, and more!  Use in conjunction with your regular fertilizer.  Apply to bulbs when planting, then fertilize bulbs after blooms are gone.