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Harrisville, Pa

I have followed my soil test recommendations from western laboratories put on the fertilizer recomended except for part of the nitrogen. I thought I would use fish and sea weed fert during the growing season. Anybody have a recomendation for how much I should use on my patch If I do once a week applications? My patch size is 3600 square feet and the soil type is sandy lome. I have read where people would use a gallon once a week mixed in 300 gallon and watered in that way. I have heard of people only putting on a quart instead of a gallon.

5/15/2013 11:54:21 PM

Harrisville, Pa

Basicly I put 1/3 of nitrogen that it called for this spring when I prepped the garden. I thought it would be smart to none synthetic fertilizer on the plants and soil now that soil is warming up. Do you guys back off fertilizer when you pollinate the pumpkins?

5/16/2013 7:58:42 AM

Piqua, Ohio

no nitrogen 2weeks before and after pollination here

5/16/2013 9:22:29 PM

North of FRANCE

Seaweed can be apply once a week, also fish during the plant growth. Like Josh said be very careful to not overboost the nitrogen level during these weeks of polination and usually to stop foliar fish or others high in N.
Up to me, i use seaweed one week foliar, one week drench.

5/17/2013 2:29:41 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Wow its about $15 a gallon here and I'd say I use about 1 gallon per plant per season as a foliar.

1 gallon in 300 gallons once a week seems excessive (to me) and is watered down to 300:1 when most kelp products are recommended at 100:1 and foliar applied top and bottom of leaves to dripping.

For nitrogen, if its needed (other than whats in the soil from cover crop, manure and compost) I use a little calcium nitrate in an 8' cirlce worked into the soil around the plant. Since its water soluable, I've been told it will leech out or be used up in 2-3 weeks.

5/23/2013 2:27:30 PM