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Re: Fertilizers

Rene M. Lipshires wrote:
> 
> I, too, amend my garden every fall and/or spring with compost that is "home
> made".  Depending upon the type of vegetable, I also add organic fertilizer
> such as bone meal, blood meal, cotton seed meal, kelp meal, etc.  Every
> other year in the fall, I had rock powders to my vegetable garden: rock
> phosphate and greensand.  I've had my vege garden for three years now, and
> so far so good. Well, except for brussel sprouts.. they don't seem to want
> to produce anything larger than a thimble.  (Any suggestions would be
> appreciated!)   In addition, I use drip irrigation which really helps; not
> only for keeping the garden watered well, but also saves on my time.
> 
> Rene.
> 

Rene,

Where do you live and what kind of soil do you have?  Brussels sprouts
are sensitive to daylength so if you plant them at the wrong time of
year you won't get the sprouts.

Steve
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