General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2007
Location: San Diego, Ca.
Posts: 37
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Planting second round here in S. Diego. Can't seem to find definitive requirements for fertilizing at the beginning. We amended the soil but no fertilizer yet this year. I just bought high nitrogen fert. for feeding twice during the growing phase coming up, but don't understand if I should also include that at the beginning when planting the seed in the ground. Also, at my nursery, they didn't have pure nitrogen, so I bought "Citrus & Avocado" food bec. it had something like 14-4-8, about the highest nitrog. avail. there at the store. Is that okay to use? Or, is the 4-8 part BAD for growing the corn? Thanks so much.
arline Last edited by arlinek; July 21, 2009 at 05:25 PM. Reason: Corrrecting fert. #'s |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Camp Dix, KY
Posts: 39
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Disclaimer. Don't mean to sound like an expert.
Here in Northeastern Kentucky, I don't think you can get fertilize that is too high in nitrogen. Corn is planted from seed with 19-19-19. After it gets to growing we side dress with urea. This year I just went with triple 19 as the secondary fertilize. Best corn I have ever had. Got to shoot the blasted coons. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,966
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WH,
I have a neighbor that feeds a racoon ice cream. It then comes over to my garden for dessert, the sweet corn. Tormato |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2007
Location: San Diego, Ca.
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And the answer is ...???? It IS okay to use the 14-4-9 or it's less than ideal? Should I seek out a higher nitrogen fert?
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