On 4/13/05 8:21 PM, in article , "Steve"
wrote:

Joseph A. Zupko wrote:

I have some 37-5-5 fertilizer for grass. It its release time nitrogen.
Can I use this for corn or is it too much nitrogen? The guy at the
garden center said it might be too much nitrogen and the corn will shoot
up too fast where it wont produce corn. Is this true?
Thank you


I use lawn fertilizer on my corn. I'm not sure it's 37-5-5 but it's
about that. I tend to apply a little 10-10-10 to the entire garden just
before planting. Then, only the corn gets the lawn fertilizer when it is
about a foot tall. From my experience it must be nearly impossible to
give enough nitrogen to cause no production. I think the plants would
die first.

Steve
I personally quit using synthetic fertilizers anywhere in my garden when I
found out that they (synthetic-chemical-fertilizers) don't feed the worms. I
feel it is more important to feed the worms and let them convert the food, I
give them, into plant fertilizer, they do that very well. The fact that they
do it 24/7 for free has nothing to do with my decision!
Gary