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Originally Posted by FISHBONE
mike723, I did have second thoughts after watching some alternatives.. perhaps you are right that i can make my own..some tomato guy on youtube mixes peat moss a few shovels and a hand full of 10/10/10 and 1/3 cup pulv. lime right when he digs a hole for each plant , he mixes it and sets the plant deep and hills it,, also going to try epsom and mg garden soil..home depot also has a 50lb. bag of black cow manure too so today I'm going to stock it all in the yard shed.. it all I should need for this year,, my beds are already growing green with weeds so that is a good sign i been doing something right last several seasons. But the milorganite works great on the lawn and so thinking it says "for veggies too" on the bag ,, I thought why not, it can't hurt,, but i don't need it and these days , I especially do not trust the government.. I never trust what they do to our tap water either.. here in northern nj ,, our tap water smell strong of chlorine almost like my swimming pool!  I do not like the FBI especially but that is a different matter  |
Yea, it just rubs me the wrong way lol.. But agreed, the Milorganite works well on the grass and bamboo! I have great results on the veggies with a handful of 50/50 compost/earthworm castings and a tsp (or so) of kelp meal in the planting hole. I initially top dress my rows with greensand, 3/4 strength tomato-tone, Azomite and some alfalfa meal.. During vegetative growth I alternate weekly with fish emulsion/liquid seaweed and compost tea.
This year will be much different for me though as I'll be growing in the hoophouse for the first time.. I also planted a hairy vetch cover crop which should provide about 80+% of my nitrogen needs.. I'll hold off on the alfalfa and maybe go 1/2 strength or less with the tomato-tone.
Look into the Gard'n Gro filter to neutralize your chlorine issues:
http://www.amazon.com/Rainshowr-GG-2...+filter+garden
-Mike