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Anchorage, Alaska

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/products/GrowMore_SeaGrow_4-26-26_05LB.html

I'm planning on using Sea Grow Flower & Bloom which is derived from blood meal, kelp, and "primary plant foods" which maybe means a chemical fertilizer.

I've heard applying nitrogen after fruit set can cause unnecessary plant growth and increase the risk for disease. Do other growers apply nitrogen after fruit set and get good results?

I also have a 5-1-1 Fish Emulsion I had planned to apply. Any suggestions?

6/15/2010 7:38:12 AM

Rhode Island

newman

the quantity of nitrogen in your 4-26-26 is not high enough to harm anything,( unless your soil is already high in nitrogen? )

i might be tempted to use (sparingly) the 4-26-26 while im developing the plant early on in the season because your goal is to develop the root system as quickly as possible.
( i would not use it more than once every ten days or so )

also the added potash ( sparingly )will keep the soil from being depleted once the fruit starts to grow.

i would suspend useing the 4-26-26 two weeks before pollination period begins.

once you have fruit set go with the fish emulsion and if your vine burying ?, id add about a 10 percent mix of 0-0-50 ( one part 0-0-50 to nine parts myco or root shield )in with your myco or root shield products.
pumpkins will drain the soil of potassium quickly during july and august.

just my thoughts --------- pap

6/16/2010 7:23:16 AM

Anchorage, Alaska

Thank you so much for the recommendations Pap.

I have been diligently burying every leaf node with myco but hadn't thought to add any 0-0-50. So far I've only added a 15-30-15 fertilizer once due to a change in my leaf color and weak flower set.

My idea for the 4-26-26 came from the fertilizer programs on a couple popular sites. Maybe it is a better idea to listen to someone who isn't trying to sell me something.

6/16/2010 8:04:56 AM

Rhode Island

lots of salts in miracle grow 15-30-15 . i would not use it in with the myco products -- at all. stick with the non-commercial chemical products when at all possible.

6/17/2010 8:51:35 AM

Fresno, CA

I see Pap recommends 0-0-50 at 10% with myco during vine burying at the nodes. What if I've already buried most of vines, fruit has set (day 12) and I've only been using Neptune's Harvest as a foliar fertilizer? What should I use (and how) to replenish potassium that is getting pulled out of the soil?

7/21/2010 11:38:42 AM