Horse Manure for Plants
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Comments (9)I'm also going to try and fertilize with some half strength fish emulsion tomorrow to see if the theory about the redwood shavings rings true. If fish emulsion is what you are using for fertilizer then you don't have to use it half-strength as it is low-nutrient to begin with. You'll need it full strength to try to off-set the nitrogen binding by the shavings. Better yet would be some sort of high nitrogen supplement. If you only want organics then use alfalfa pellets. they would be unaffected by a possible nitrogen deficiency in the soil right? That is basically correct. While beans won't tolerate soil that is totally nitrogen-deprived, they will tolerate low-nitrogen conditions with no problem. Beans in high nitrogen soil just make huge plants but no beans. As I said above, raised beds or 'box' beds are basically just large containers - at least for the first few years - so they benefit from being treated as such. Adding lots of loose soil-less potting mix and more feeding than one would an in-ground bed can be of great benefit. Sow bugs aren't normally a real pest problem but crop damage by them is a good indicator that the soil is too low in organic matter - their normal diet. But if you find them to be overwhelming, any of the slug baits available such as Sluggo will help control them. yes Dave, I'm pretty sure I'm watering too much You aren't alone - most home gardeners do. They forget that roots need air even more than they need water. It it is a hard habit to break. Tape a sign to the faucet "Kills Plants" and picture that hose as a snake. :^) Dave...See MoreCan I Dig Horse Manure In & Plant Now?
Comments (16)Yes, good point. I should have said all that in the beginning. Well the soil I have is like silt. Brown silt. Much finer than sand. It works alright in the garden but when I try to use it in a pot it sets like concrete. Even when I mix it with potting mix in an attempt to spin out the potting mix, save a few dollars, develop an ability to make my own.... didn't work.. Many places in the yard there's a clay layer about a spade depth down or more. Pretty dry. We've had 16mm this year so far and that's right on the long term average. And we get fierce dry winds which'll dry my seedlings out and kill them in a couple of hours. So that's that. Len, I'm thinking of digging the manure in as much for improving the quality of the soil as for fertilizer, more so in fact. People talk of watering once a week. I've got well established oriental parsnips which wilt down flat like green paint on the ground if I don't water them twice a day. I'm in my first year as a gardener.. casting about trying to find my way... get some manure in there seems to be the first step......See Moreresults of spring planted garlic
Comments (6)Hi Keith, Sorry if this is kinda wordy. From what I have read and in my own experience Garlic needs a long cool ( or cold for some cultivars ) season to form it's roots before it starts to grow above ground leaves. It needs large leaves and well established roots to form individual cloves instead of just the onion-like bulb. When planted in the spring the garlic is pretty easy to dig because the roots are like a ( very healthy ) green onion, but, when Fall planted I find the roots are deep and thick some are alomst a foot long and require a shovel and deep digging to harvest. This is why for the garlic bulb to seperate into cloves it needs to be planted in fall. In spring when the plant gets going ( by mid March to early April they should be several inches tall ) you can spray liquid ( N ) fertilizer on the leaves every 2 weeks or so until May, this will make the leaves grow big. You stop spraying Nitrogen ( I use fish emulsion + kelp ) in May so that the plant diverts energy into fattening up the cloves. Depending on the variety you are growing and what your weather is in June you will probably be harvesting sometime in July ( maybe late June ) Harvest the garlic when about half of your leaves have browned or you have 3 - 5 green leaves left. Spring planted garlic usually will not seperate into cloves but instead forms the solid bulb like( a scallion/green onion ) you descibed. These are still good to eat but just don't resemble the garlic we are used to seeing, and yes you can plant them again now ( if the ground isn't frozen )and harvest next year. Generally you want to plant 4 - 6 weeks before the ground freezes solid in your area. I planted some in Mid October and some I will plant this week/weekend. I am in a similar zone to you and we had one night in the low 20s already but then a couple days in the 60s so our ground is not frozen yet ( That is usually early December for here ) A good ( great ) book is Growing Great Garlic it answers almost any question you will ever have about garlic, including it's history. Good Luck...See MoreHorse Manure and Pepper Plants....
Comments (1)Manures MUST be composted before use. Secondly, Manures (cow, horse) are good source of Nitrogen, mainly. But besides being organic fertilizer, are also good soil amenders. If you have a lot of it, just dump (one shovelful per sqr-fr) and till it in. Alternatively, you can dress around the plants, and scratch it in. I would use a shovelful for each tom/pepp/eggpl. Horse manure, when composted, is very mild and it is not like chemicals to burn your plants....See Moreangel2008
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