Re: Soil Ammendment Questions

You know when someone answers your question and you feel stupid because you
neglected what should be obvious. ANyhow, thanks very much.

Jordan

On 4/21/07, Bart Hirshfield <bhirshfield@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I don't believe there is such a fertilizer as 50-50-50.  I think each of
> the 3 numbers for N, P, K is a percentage of the total, and the sum of the
> three numbers can not be greater than 100%.  Ergo, a 23, 30, 20  fertilizer
> would indicate a total 73% (with the remaining 27% being inert matter).  To
> get the actual amount of  N, P or K, multiply the relevant percentage of
> that nutrient by the weight of the fertilizer applied (i.e. 25lbs. of a
> 40-0-0 fertilizer would equal .40 X 25 or 10 lbs. of actual N
>
>   Bart
>
> pumpkinpirate1@aol.com wrote:
>   List
> Most of you are awair of the N.P.K recommendations but for those of you
> that don't here is a reminder when they say 5 lbs of nitrogen etc, they are
> referring to ACTUAL nitrogen the N.P.K on a fertilizer label is based on a
> 100 lb bag so to make this easy lets use the big numbers. if you had a 50 lb
> bag of urea 46-0-0 you would have 23 lbs of actual nitrogen in that bag so
> you would apply almost twice the amount of actual weight in fertalizer to
> gain the ACTUAL amount of fertalizer. here is where it gets tricky if you
> had a 100 lb bag of 50-50-50 if there was such a thing you would have only
> 13.75-13.75-13.75 of fertalizer since in a 100 lb bag you can not have 150
> lbs of fertalizer in 100 lb sack. i am pretty sure i am correct on my
> numbers but it has been a few years since i got out of college.. take care
> all and have a wonderful 2007 season
>
> Kevin Smith
> PB ------ Zane 32 lbs and 33 months
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jordan.rivington@gmail.com
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Sent: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 7:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Soil Ammendment Questions
>
>
> Do you mean 1000 sqft? The recommendations said 5 lbs per 1000, not 100.
> Just want to make sure. 10 times the needed N would be a problem (not
> saying
> you are wrong, just that 10x would be bad). Vigoro has some 12-0-0
> bloodmeal, and bonemeal 1-11-0, would these be fine for that? As for the
> two
> weeks, I suppose I could just put in in most of the garden (except where I
> am starting the plants) since I want to plant next weekend. Should they be
> tilled in, or is spreading and watering enough?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On 4/21/07, Don Chambers wrote:
> >
> > Jordan,
> > Growers I've talked to add about 3-5 lbs.of granular Calcium Nitrate 100
> > sq.
> > ft. around the growing area. Rake it in the existing soil, it will help
> > boost the young plant even when the soil is still cold. Bloodmeal at
> about
> > 4#/100 sq.ft. is an alternative, incorporate it 2-4 weeks before
> planting
> > as
> > it is slow release, that's would be plenty of nitro. I always apply rock
> > phosphate for phosphorus at about 25#/1000 sq.ft., that would be enough
> at
> > once. You don't need potash but if you did use greensand 25#/1000 sq.ft.
> >
> > Chriss,
> > Potash is potassium. Don
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chriss"
> > To:
>
> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: Soil Ammendment Questions
> >
> >
> > > I went to buy my soil amendment supplies today, I need sulfur, lots of
> > it
> > > and I need potassium. All I could find was potash, is that the same
> > thing?
> > > Chriss
> > >
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