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Chemical 10-10-10 same as organic 5-5-5 doubled?
Comments (11)Regarding the recipe, 1/2 cup of 12-12-12 is too much unless spread evenly over an area of, say, 4 x 4'.. For an average plant I apply a handful, less than 3 oz. Chemical fertilizer needs to be applied more than once a year because the nitrogen only lasts 6 weeks, regardless of quantity applied. The bone meal is redundant since the 12-12-12 has way more phosphate than the rose can use in a year. The chicken manure poses a risk of burning if applied along with a lot of chemical fertilizer-- both contain fast nitrogen. Mixed organic fertilizers are usually applied at 1-2 cups per square yard and maybe 5 cups per year for your very long growing season. The main differences (beyond the lower analysis) are that mixed organic fertilizers: 1. contain trace and minor elements 2. contain slow nitrogen that is released over approximately the whole season 3. contain less fast nitrogen, so that greater amounts can be applied at once without burning....See More5-1-2010 Alb,Los Lunas Zone 7 Freeze Results w-Pics + Survivors
Comments (7)Early watering of trees before a night time freeze ABSOLUTELY does give some protection in a "dry" climate or in any area of the country, for that matter, during a period with a low outside relative humidity. I would do exactly what Jose did to INTENTIONALLY increase the relative humidity around my little in ground trees. Water vapor is by far the largest green house gas that we have....man made or other wise....(Al Gore and his Global Warming crowd & our news Media would prefer that you not know this science fact). By increasing the water vapor in the areas around these trees, you WILL effectively trap some of the ground's "radiation" heat around those trees. What is trapped by this added water vapor is some of radiation heat that is quickly lost to the atmosphere after the sun goes down. Ever notice how hot a desert is in the daytime......and then how cold it is at night???? This large variation in temperature occurs simply because there is no humidity (water vapor) in the desert air. If there was some water vapor in the air, the daytime and night time temperatures wouldn't swing as much. If you could somehow increase the relative humidity of the desert air, it simply would not get as cold at night.....nor as hot during the daytime. I do agree, however, that there is also some good benefits to watering at the time of coldest temperature (closer to sunrise)....due to the latent heat of fusion effects that occur right at the freeing point (melting point) of water as it starts to change from the liquid phase (water) to the solid phase (ice). Too, it is because of this same latent effect that provides protection to fruit trees that have ice already on the branches. Keep the water sprinklers on even when you see ice (or frost) on the leaves and branches and this latent heat will keep the temperature from dropping below 32 deg. F.........that is a warm enough temperature to save a lot of trees from severe damage. Too, if somehow you can't prevent plain ole frost from forming on your trees (which can easily occur at temperatures as high as 40 deg F in my area)..........get at them with a sprinkler or hose pipe as soon as you see it and you WILL PREVENT some damage. I can get these kinds of "surprise" frosts in my area once in a while when the weather man was a bit off with his forecast..... Dan...See MoreDaily Support Tues. 10/5 thru Sun. 10/10
Comments (15)Thanks you all! I'm still dancing! And I got the acceptance letter for my second choice today. And now I'm in a quandry. It's the same school, but at different campuses. The one that is my first choice is 50 miles from here, but the professors and staff are soooo nice. They really seem to care about you, and the labs are really, really nice. I took a lower level class there over the summer, and really fell in love with that place. We did stuff in that class that we've doing this semester in an upper level class, and I have such a good, intuitive feel about there. My second choice is 11 miles from my house, and it's extremely crowded,and the nursing program is cut-throat. I've met the associate dean, and she's seems nice, but I've met one of the nursing facility, and she.is.evil. (And I've heard that from others, too, so it's not just me being hateful.) My only concern about my first choic is the drive. We get some nasty weather here in the winter, and i am afraid that I'll get stuck in town, and can't make it to school. Unfortunately, the first choice is not near a major interstate, but it's off of a fairly well traveled state highway. The second one is right off I65. Any thoughts? I just have a good gut feeling about my first choice, but the logical (and way less gas money)choice would be the second. Should I talk to the dean/advisor at my first choice? I don't want to sound like a problem, but this is a huge decision, and I want to make it a right one, both for the school and me. Tikanis, is there a good time to call you? I could use some advice! I'm in EST, so I'm 3 hours ahead of you. Thanks again! I'm so excited; I just can't hide it. :) Hugs, Maddie...See More5-10-10 is how much in Organic Liquid of 0.5-2-1.5
Comments (6)I think you are asking the wrong question. 5-10-10 is really a ratio. That's what's important, not the actual numbers themselves because by applying per the directions you are delivering the proper amount to the plant. 5-10-10 means that for every part of Nitrogen, you are also delivering two parts each of Phosphorus and Potassium. The Roots Organic at 0.5-2-1.5 isn't that ratio. For every one part of Nitrogen, it is also adding four parts of Phosphorus and three parts of Potassium. Depending on how much you feed you will either be underfeeding Nitrogen or overfeeding Phosphorus/Potassium. It is the wrong fertilizer formulation. You want a fertilizer where the N is one half of the value of the P and the K, and then feed according directions. It can be 5-10-10 or 2.5-5-5 or 1-2-2 or 10-20-20. It's the relationships between the numbers that is key, because you can always dilute or concentrate depending on how often you are feeding....See More- 3 years ago
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