Re: Amount of nutrients to each plant
- Subject: Re: Amount of nutrients to each plant
- From: "D. Wronski" m*@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:31:53 -0400
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Frank,
I think 3 plants is far too much. Really, growing AG's you will need to
trim down to one plant per mound. You will need (highly recommended) at
least 500 to 800 sq/ft per plant (and this is a very small space that would
require a vast amount of vine pruning and control).
Regarding ther fertilizer, you can easily put 2 to 3 gallons of liquid
fertilizer per mound/hill. But, you don't want to keep adding too much
20-20-20 or all you will get is lush green growth and no female blossoms.
How big/long are your vines at this point?
Dave
Sterling, MA
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Subject: Amount of nutrients to each plant
> If I mix water soluable, say Peter's Plant Food 20-20-20 in a five
> gallons buckets at 1 ounze per gallon how much should i give to each
plant. Right
> now I have three plants growing in each large planting hole. When
pumpkins
> have been set I will cul down to two plants per hole. I probably should
not be
> dumping the whole five gallon bucket of 20-20-20 into each palnting ole.
I
> would like reccomedations(ballpark) on how much of that five gallons each
plant
> should get. And I understand about soil types and all that. Thank-you.
>
> Frank O'Rourke
> East Bridgewater, Mass.
>
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