Should a Flower Grower Use Synthetic Fertilizers + What Meta Stole from Farmers

Welcome to episode 251 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are taking a question from a flower grower wondering about synthetic fertilizers to address soil deficiencies, meta pirating farm books for AI, and it's feedback Friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  The NTG Premier League Fantasy League:  https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv   microplastics from Polymers affects on soil life and metals: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139322003109   Meta steals books: https://authorsguild.org/news/meta-libgen-ai-training-book-heist-what-authors-need-to-know/#:~:text=Today%2C%20The%20Atlantic%20published%20a,Why?   Book Lookup site: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/   Good Garlic Growing Guide: https://growingformarket.com/articles/garlic-planting#:~:text=Plant%20garlic%20in%20the%20fall%20for%20best,early%20spring%20but%20yields%20will%20be%20smaller.   MUSIC from this episode:  Going Home by Sebastian Winskog Rising Spring by American Legion via www.epidemicsound.com   Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support  or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers   Show Sponsors:  Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT   Real Farmer Care: https://www.realfarmercare.com/   Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER   Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com/   MY BOOK!   The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook   French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot   Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374     Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨    ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook   The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook   Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook   Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat   Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com   👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook    Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers   freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com