Granular fertilizer
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Granular fertilizer
- From: C* <C*@aol.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 17:53:46 EST
Hey, all!
A local nursery manager gave me a few broken bags of granular fertilizer for
my pumpkin patch (about 1/2 acre site).
They are as follows:
1 40lb bag milorganite
3 44lb bags 10-10-10 lawn fert
1 50bg bag lime
1 40lb bag ironite
4 40lb bags Miracle Gro 31-3-3
1 20lb bag 20-27-5 starter fert
I noticed that some of the formulas have weed control ingredients. Is this bad
for seedlings? Wouldn't it be prudent to till them in and allow a few weeks to
pass before planting seedlings?
Also, I never used Milorganite on food crops or on soil that I wanted to use
for vegetables. Years ago, it used to be made from raw sewage and the caveats
on the bag warned to use it on lawns and shrubs for this reason.
I read the entire bag today and it encourages use on vegetable gardens because
it releases nitrogen long and slowly. Does anyone have any experience with
Milorganite? It is made from heat treated/dried organic waste. Yum. Changes my
mental picture of pumpkin pie to fecal flop in a crust. (I apologize for
that.)
While I do not plan to eat my pumpkins, I do want the option. Also, I do not
want to put anything in the dirt that might ruin the site for vegetables.
Can anyone offer guidance?
Barb
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