Re: Granular fertilizer
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Granular fertilizer
- From: "* J* N* <c*@execpc.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:41:42 -0600
I agree John, many lawn weed-n-feed products have good doses of 2,4-D a
broadleaf herbicide. I'm not sure either the exact effects on pumpkins,
but I know tomatoes are very very sensitive to 2,4-D.....especially airborn
particles. In fact I remember reading that tomato plants can react
adversely to as little as 2ppm 2,4-D in the air.
Rick
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> From: John Failor <buckeye5@bright.net>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Granular fertilizer
> Date: Friday, January 16, 1998 5:11 PM
>
> >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
>
>
> 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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