LOW-INPUT SUSTAINABILITY
Eco-sensitive Management Principles
All landscapes are designed to become virtually self-sustaining with decreased inputs over time. The following are strategies for doing so.
- Use "Best Management Practices". Treat the landscape as a collection of individuals, not only as a whole
- Minimize fertility inputs
- Use slow-release fertilizer for long term fertility
- Avoid fertilizers high in nitrogen (water-soluble fertilizers, over-use of municipal biosolids)
- Strive for plants to have a "healthy stress level"
- Establishment of IPM-based programs