Hi All,

The guy that gave me the free eggplant, sold me a squirt
bottle of organic fertilizer. Said his customers had
great success with it. (Plus he gave me a free $30 eggplant.)
Six squirts per gallon. Apply once a week.

Well now, my pump bottle is one gallon. It has cayenne pepper
and dish soap in it for my battle with the accursed earwigs.
So I added six squirts of the stuff to the devils brew. I
squirt it around and all over my plants. Basically where ever
earwigs could cause damage.

Question: am I overdoing the fertilizer. Maybe cut back to
two squirts per gallon?

Many thanks,
-T

T wrote:
Hi All,

The guy that gave me the free eggplant, sold me a squirt
bottle of organic fertilizer. Said his customers had
great success with it. (Plus he gave me a free $30 eggplant.)
Six squirts per gallon. Apply once a week.

Well now, my pump bottle is one gallon. It has cayenne pepper
and dish soap in it for my battle with the accursed earwigs.
So I added six squirts of the stuff to the devils brew. I
squirt it around and all over my plants. Basically where ever
earwigs could cause damage.

Question: am I overdoing the fertilizer. Maybe cut back to
two squirts per gallon?

i dunno. i rarely fertilize any growing plant
other than once in a while spreading chopped
alfalfa&birdsfoot trefoil on the surface for the
worms to chomp on.

in a really poor soil situation i would go by
observation, but the initial planting is when i
usually amend the area for the expected needs for
the season. using worms and worm composted stuff
under the planting then i don't disturb it the
rest of the growing season unless there's a need
and as of yet i haven't had any need. weeding
i try to disturb the veggies as little as possible
and if it is dry enough out i'll leave the weeds
on top to dry out in the sun and heat so the worms
can eventually feed off them too. if the garden
has mulch i'll leave the weeds on top of the mulch.
most of the veggie gardens here are not mulched
we usually get enough rain. this year has been
unusual so far.


songbird