Re: Granular fertilizer

>Hey, all!
>
>A local nursery manager gave me a few broken bags of granular fertilizer for
>my pumpkin patch (about 1/2 acre site).
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>They are as follows:
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>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
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>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


Barb:
	I wouldn't use any of the products with weed control ingredients in
the pumpkin patch. Most of these products are made to kill lawn weeds
without damaging the grass. To them, pumpkins are weeds. Some of them are
pre-emergent herbicides and will keep  weed seeds(mainly grassy) from
germinating. Others are post-emergent and kill actively growing weeds such
as dandelions,plantains, etc (mainly broadleaf). I don't know the exact
effects on young pumpkin seedlings but I cant imagine it would be
beneficial. What kind of weeds is the granular designed to control?

John
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