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Re: [NAFEX] leachy phosphate? now manure/compost fertilizer
- From: Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov
- To: growyourown@earthlink.net, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] leachy phosphate? now manure/compost fertilizer
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:29:49 -0400
Mark wrote:
One common mistake some people make is the application of too much
manure and compost year after year.
I live in a warm climate with poor soil. I plant in subsoil really. I
mulch my fruit trees/bushes with composted stable waste: horse manure,
urine, pine shavings. I fertilize with cottonseed meal or Plant-tone to
the amount of nitrogen specified by my state's extension service soil
test. In my vegetable garden I add compost , composted stable waste,
and/or straw mulch yearly. I add it as it decomposes and I try to
maintain a mulch barrier to discourage weeds. I may add more composted
stable waste or fertilizer during the growing season to heavy feeders
such as corn. I am still playing with and learning the right balance!
I fertilized my blueberries way too much last year and they shot up 3
feet during that growing season.
How do I know if I apply "too much manure and compost" other than
luxurious vegetative growth to the exclusion of fruit?
Betsy Hilborn
7a NC
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Re: [NAFEX] leachy phosphate? And Bullshit on the list,
growyourown, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] leachy phosphate? now manure/compost fertilizer,
Hilborn . E, 06/19/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] leachy phosphate? now manure/compost fertilizer, Kevin Moore, 06/19/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] leachy phosphate? And Bullshit on the list, dmnorton, 06/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] leachy phosphate? now manure/compost fertilizer,
Hilborn . E, 06/19/2009
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