Gardening With Chemicals

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Author: Jeff Durham - Updated: 14 September 2010

Using chemicals in gardening probably attracts more debate than most other issues. There are those who have always used traditional herbicides insecticides and fungicides to control insects, weeds and to protect plants from disease and they will swear by their benefits and positive effects.

On the other hand, organic gardeners will say that a garden is supposed to reflect nature and the environment in which it exists and that the use of chemicals disrupts the natural eco-system. Not only that, they’d point to the dangers of potentially harmful chemicals on the environment and for the people that are using them.

There are other articles on this website which highlight some of the benefits of organic gardening and how to control unwanted pests, weeds and plant disease without resorting to chemicals but this article seeks to redress that balance by highlighting some of the reasons why gardeners still choose chemicals as the most effective way to nurture their garden.

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