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I have 3 Raised beds. 1 with beetroots and carrots, 1 with lettuce and other salad leaves (mizuna, corn salad, rocket, oriental mustards) and 1 with corn and french beans. I poured in loads of topsoil (40%) compost (60%) mix back in February. My garden is now going great guns. However, I am not sure if I need to add any fertilizer to any of it at any point, and if so…what? Thanks. |
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anthony123hopki wrote: Hi I have 3 Raised beds. 1 with beetroots and carrots, 1 with lettuce and other salad leaves (mizuna, corn salad, rocket, oriental mustards) and 1 with corn and french beans. I poured in loads of topsoil (40%) compost (60%) mix back in February. My garden is now going great guns. However, I am not sure if I need to add any fertilizer to any of it at any point, and if so…what? Thanks. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. What kind of compost? Normally, you should have 5 - 10% organic material in the soil as the soil organisms will tie up nitrogen in breaking down the carbon rich organic material, BUT since it doesn't seem to be a problem for you, leave it alone. If you used composted manure, you may need to add more organic material EVENTUALLY, but not until you have reason to. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html |
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anthony123hopki said:
I have 3 Raised beds. 1 with beetroots and carrots, 1 with lettuce and other salad leaves (mizuna, corn salad, rocket, oriental mustards) and 1 with corn and french beans. I poured in loads of topsoil (40%) compost (60%) mix back in February. My garden is now going great guns. However, I am not sure if I need to add any fertilizer to any of it at any point, and if so…what? The corn might be happier if given a side dressing of fertilizer (balanced, or possibly heaviest on the N), just before the tassels appear, or certainly before they shoot up. My personal preference is for organic fertilizers. I normally don't add fertilizer to anything other than corn during the growing season. -- Pat in Plymouth MI "Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles email valid but not regularly monitored |
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