Re: fertilizer
Mary,
I have experience soil injecting fertilizer using a 5 hp. 5gal/minute
pump at 250 psi. We use water soluble fertilizers that contain 50% WIN.
WIN stands for Water Insoluble Nitrogen. WIN is time release nitrogen.
We soil inject 12 to 16 inches deep. Soil injection also breaks
compacted soil. It is quite a bit of work to do the area under the drip
zone a large tree and it would also take quite a bit of time to do a
large hosta garden. I have never tried it on my hostas due to the time
involved.
I bet time release nitrogen would be better for hostas too.
I find it easier to foliar feed with fish emulsion and miracle-grow. I
bet it takes 1/10 the time. I bet soil injecting around large mature
clumps would give a positive response.
Dan Nelson
Bridgeville DE
zone 7
SussexTreeInc@ce.net
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Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 1:22 PM
Subject: [nise] fertilizer
From: LakesideRM@aol.com
I have just purchased an injector for the purpose of using liquid
fertilizer.
I would appreciate any suggestions as to problems that may occur and
the
materials that I should to provide me with the best results. Has anyone
used
this for dispensing fish emulsion?
Mary
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