My mother loved to garden and was always buying flowering and fruiting plants, only to get frustrated because the profuse blooms (and sometimes, fruits) that attracted her to buy would wilt … and then it would be a long wait for them to see flowers or fruits again, if ever at all. She would buy all kinds of fertilizers, often pushed by the plant vendors with all kinds of claims to produce super vegetables, fruits, orchids. In the last few years, the sellers have pushed products they claim are 'natural' and 'organic.

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