Maximum Yield USA June 2018 | Page 66

s o b m o C l a c i n m e e d r h C in the ga Combining chemicals in the garden is tricky business. Mix the right ones together, and you’ll be rewarded with a synergistic result. Mix incompatible chemicals together, however, and you’ll be in for a whole lot of trouble. F irst off, what exactly is a chemical? A chemical is simply any substance consisting of matter. This includes liquids, solids, and gases. Chemicals can be a pure substance, an element, or a mixture of elements. They can occur naturally or be made artificially. In other words, just about everything you put your hands on includes chemicals. That also means everything you use in your garden has chemicals. Since it’s easy for chemicals to come into contact with each other in the garden, it’s important to understand their compatibility. Some combinations are synergistic, and some are downright dangerous. Maximum Yield 66