I started gardening last year. When I became aware of how bad my soil was, I took action. While I was waiting for the soil food web to develop, I started foliar feeding my plants. I read the ff plants is 8 to 20 times more effective. I suspect the amount of improvement also depends on how good/bad your soil is when you start.
The results: My wife was fishing for more space in our freezer and happened across some snow peas she grew a couple years earlier. We were able to place them side by side. They were about 1/3 the size of the foliar fed ones and the FF taste was significantly better.
Having said that, I would expect that there is a big difference between doing nothing and doing something. What remains to be seen is how this year will be compared to last year. At some point there should be diminishing returns. I think that may take a few years to reach that point.
A Brix meter would have some value here for doing comparisons, but I haven't acquired one yet.
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