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New Hampshire

OK, I have 1100 sq ft of patch, plenty of compost, all the compost I can use plenty of aged cow and alpaca manure, 17 healthy plants. What other store bought nutrients would be good to have on hand? I plan on hand watering and misting this year. Help me out here!!!!!

5/6/2005 1:57:11 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Find some Fish and Kelp, Some Chelated Calcium and some feed grade molasses if possible.

5/6/2005 2:47:20 PM

New Hampshire

Feed Grade Molasses???

5/6/2005 2:50:03 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Meet Jim Kuhn!!! LOL...wait a second probably won't say much unless you live in Pumpkintown USA...Goffstown NH..Sorry Jim couldn't resist the shot!..and a good soil sample, it will tell ya what ya need, beside genetics, good weather, plenty of sun and Good Luck! GrowEmBig! Chuck
oh and I heard the best of all worlds is also your shadow over the patch!

5/6/2005 5:37:23 PM

valparaiso, in

what is alpaca manure?

5/7/2005 2:00:37 AM

New Hampshire

Alpaca is similar to a LLama

5/7/2005 8:03:09 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Alpacas are smaller than llamas. Although they are about 10 times more expensive. The manure comes out like giant rabbit poop. They also make communal(sp) places to poop. Very good poop.

5/7/2005 8:05:08 AM

New Hampshire

The alpaca poop I have access to has quite a bit of sand mixed in. My soil in the patch is very loamy and i will be adding about 10 yds of compost this week along with a few yards of alpaca and cow maunure. Do you think the sand is good or bad????

5/7/2005 9:20:55 AM

Topsfield, Ma.

2-4 oz. molasses to a gallon of water to feed the micro-organisms living in your patch soil!

5/7/2005 7:05:18 PM

Montoursville, PA

I do not have a handle on this yet but I have been told that llamas and alpacas poop is nearly compost grade the instant it hits the ground. Was told that their digestive process causes this nearly finished condition.

I have located some that is available. The person growing the llamas and alpacas knows nothing of this interesting report.

If this is true this poop would be instant potential aerobic tea. E me if you have any definate source of information that may be accurate.

5/7/2005 9:58:48 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

I doubt the amount the amount of sand in your alpaca poop is going to make a bit of difference one way or the other unless you used incredible amounts of the stuff...too small amounts for 1100 sq ft.

5/8/2005 8:10:44 AM