Re: potassium- magic mixture ?
Wood ashes are super high in potassium (hence the term "Potash").
I wouldn't put the other stuff in my garden uncomposted. You will probably
attract a lots of ants and maybe some skunks or other garbage lovers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "G Tanner" <g1tanner@yahoo.com>
To: "Pumpkins" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: potassium- magic mixture ?
> potassium... magic mixture ?
>
> Potassium, we all want it at this time of year right.
> a week ago I was talking with a guy I know, telling
> him about my pumpkins. He said I had to talk to a
> friend of his. So he took me over to this guys house
> who grows lot vegetables and does pretty well with
> them. He is one of these all natural granola types.
> i'm not into that, but I figure it couldn't hurt to
> talk since I saw his garden and he does great with all
> his vegetables! i was trying to talk pumpkins. but he
> was talking in general. i brought up that fact that I
> needed something high in potassium for this time of
> year. He was like. duh. every one knows that. The he
> proceded to ramble off a list of like 10-20 things
> that are high in potassium. The main ones were
> potatoes, bananas, prunes, prune juice, bamboo shoots,
> chard, spinach and tomatos. He makes his own little
> concoctions which are slighty different everytime -but
> the theory is the same. He starts with like 5-6
> potatoes which he processes one at a time in his food
> processor till they are as fine as you can get them,
> then he does some bananas, tomatoes, spinach or
> something green besides lettuce- don't ask me why ? I
> didn't ask him, i was just trying to remember it all.
> carrots- apples- whatever he has lying around. he puts
> his old and starting to spoil stuff in there.
> he puts these all in a 5 gallon bucket, pours in a 2
> gallons of prune juice and 2 gallons of water, more
> less.
> Mixes all up and lets it sit for week (again I don't
> know why ?) then he mixes that 1 to 1 with water and
> pours it right on his plants a gallon at a time. I
> figured what the heck I'm desparate, I'll give it a
> try. I only let my mixer sit for 3 days then I
> couldn't wait any longer. I poured the whole bucket
> right on the stump of my best plant and watered it in
> with the hose. That was Saturday. Before then my
> pumpkin was averaging like 10 lbs per day. I didn't
> measure on Sunday but did on Monday. It had gain 27
> lbs. in two days. Not a huge jump but an increase !
> It gained 17 on Tuesday and 16 by this morning. I
> don't know if they would have taken off like this
> anyway, but I made another couple buckets of mixture
> this morning and will put it on all my plants
> Saturday. The weather has been basically the same
> for the last week and a half. Cloudy all morning
> then sunny in the afternoon. So it wasn't the
> weather.
> So there it is. for what's it worth.
> I'd be interested in hearing others thoughts ? just
> coincidence or am I on to something here ?
>
> Gordon Tanner
> Maple Valley WA
>
>
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