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Re:organic planting

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Right on target Dore:
Kim, there are many types of natural fertilizers that are not necessarily considered manures. 

You can buy or make your own fish emulsion. I learned how to make fish emulsion from an article in Organic Gardening magazine...the same place I learned about Mel. Just remember that fish emulsion is like any strong tonic...it stinks!

Fish emulsion is probably the very best and cheapest organic fertilizer...I remember when I learned, in Social Studies, how the Native Americans taught the Puritans how to use fish to fertilize the corn? 

Drop one small fish or large minnow in the whole, cover with a bit of soil, plant three corn seeds, and cover the seeds with about a half inch of soil. Water!

Some people mentioned using kelp for fertilizer!

Corn is always the most needy when it comes to fertilizer, so it is always the crop on a farm that goes in the year after soybeans are planted. 

Soybeans, peas, and other similar plants are called legumes. The legume has nodules that contain nitrogen fixing bacteria. The legume actually enriches the soil.

Try the organic way.

Sheryl A. McCoy
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"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her
patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric
reveals the organization of the entire tapestry."
-Richard Feynman
















On Mon, 5 Apr 1999 10:49:14    Dore Tyler wrote:
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>Kim Kiernan wrote:
>
>(snip)
>>>The only crop that I found was really
>not worth it for me organically was corn - way too difficult to grow a
>good organic crop.  I've had great success with everything else that
>I've tried: beans, tomatoes, eggplant, peas, lettuce, beets, carrots,
>peppers, spinach, cukes and squash.  <<
>
>Kim,
>
>I grow wonderful Corn organically simply by using LOTS of manure. I usually
>add a little ground rock phosphate, SMALL amount of WOOD ashes, and dolomite
>lime.
>
>It helps to plant corn where the peas and beans were the previous year.
>
>You will need AT LEAST a 4' X 4' square to get adequate pollination. I
>planted 6 rows of 6 plants in a 4' X 4' square last year in very rich ground
>and had a good crop. This year I will plant 6 rows of 5 plants to see if it
>works better. It will, at least, be easier to pick
>
>Regards,
>DT (aka Dore Tyler)  dee_tee@msn.com
>Doing his own thing in the privacy of his own garden.
>USDA Zone 8b, Tacoma, WA
>
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