A Question for Eternity Natural or Artificial Fertilizers

This question is not that difficult to answer avoiding too much of a good thing is an excellent guideUne. Neither plants nor animals enjoy an overabundance of nutrients. Obesity and the resulting health problems (diabetes, cardiovascular diseases. 

The chemical process to make saltpeter is iderrtical to the one trsed inthe Middle Ages manure was mixed with straw and ash in compost piles and left alone for as long as a year with an occasional sprinkling of ttrine, which contains nitrogerr. Bacteria slowly turned organic nitrogen into nitrate, the salts of which crystallized on the surface of the compost piles very much like soda-salts do in dry flatlands At the end of the process, the saltpeter was collected and prrrified. 

In the case of artificial fertilizers, there is no such natural speed-limitation farmers can distribute as much as they wish on their lands. Excess fertilizers can catrse overstimulation of growth and while the farmers make a clear profit from the increased crop, quality rrsirally suffers. The resrrlts are similar to a person who eats constantly. The wisest corrrse of action is to use fertilizers only to replenish nutrients in soil without creating an overabundance of them. 

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