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Danil54grl said:
If they have good foliage you got enough nitrogen so maybe a lack of phosphorus? Put in a good fertilizer. . a fish bone meal would be a good option for you. They also have a rock phosphate, but I have never used it but it has almost twice the levels.
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that is just it the foliage is not good
 
You can get an all purpose fertilizer to add in then cause it sounds like you need both. Even a good 13-13-13 lawn fertilizer would be good since you have enough rain & don't need the extra moisture from a liquid. I get it from Tractor Supply in 40 lb bags when needed and it is around $20 bucks. 2 lbs per 100 square ft. If you haven't already started a compost pile, go ahead and get it started now so you can use it next season. Grass clippings are great along with all you kitchen scraps. Remember if it had breath at one time, it can be added. Kitchen scrapes, meat, bones, leaves, fish scraps, etc. That will be the best fertilizer that you can add in. If your local dump passes out mulch, grab it and start from there with adding in. You can actually just add it into the garden dirt too so it can break down there. But for the quick fix, I'd add in the fertilizer.
 
Danil54grl said:
You can get an all purpose fertilizer to add in then cause it sounds like you need both. Even a good 13-13-13 lawn fertilizer would be good since you have enough rain & don't need the extra moisture from a liquid. I get it from Tractor Supply in 40 lb bags when needed and it is around $20 bucks. 2 lbs per 100 square ft. If you haven't already started a compost pile, go ahead and get it started now so you can use it next season. Grass clippings are great along with all you kitchen scraps. Remember if it had breath at one time, it can be added. Kitchen scrapes, meat, bones, leaves, fish scraps, etc. That will be the best fertilizer that you can add in. If your local dump passes out mulch, grab it and start from there with adding in. You can actually just add it into the garden dirt too so it can break down there. But for the quick fix, I'd add in the fertilizer.
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I will get some fertilizer this coming weekend,,,,when this garden is done I will add a till in a few bails of straw
and maybe some old sawdust from the local mill,,,,I always have potash in fact right now I have around 3 5 gallon buckets of it sitting around,,,I don't think it will hurt anything,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
 
Planted some corn today. Some of the sunflowers I planted last week are coming up now. Fertilized the grapes, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries a couple days ago. They are all really taking off. Need to string some wire on the trellis posts so they have something to climb on.
 
If you know
grayghost668 said:
I will get some fertilizer this coming weekend,,,,when this garden is done I will add a till in a few bails of straw
and maybe some old sawdust from the local mill,,,,I always have potash in fact right now I have around 3 5 gallon buckets of it sitting around,,,I don't think it will hurt anything,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Anyone with cattle. . . when they clean out there old hay is a good time to offer to haul it away. That is some good stuff to add. Lay it down, wait a couple days so it dries out (it will be very wet on the underside) then till it in. Attracts earthworms too. You have black clay, right? I may be thinking about someone else. I don't know if maybe you have rice mills there, but the hulls are a good way to break up that hard clay.. Whatever you can find to help break it up at the end of your growing season I would & add in continuously, especially if you can find a free source. . . if not, it will just go back into being mud or whatever you original soil is. My mind is going to clay cause that is normally nutrient deprived, which is what I started with.
 
We used to get cotton gin dirt for free here. A little cotton, cotton seed, stalks, hulls, etc from a cotton gin. After it composts at the gin a couple years, great amendment for our clay. High in nitrogen.

Now they're busy converting cotton fields into subdivisions, plus the price of cotton has been low, so they grow other crops.
 
Danil54grl said:
If you know

Anyone with cattle. . . when they clean out there old hay is a good time to offer to haul it away. That is some good stuff to add. Lay it down, wait a couple days so it dries out (it will be very wet on the underside) then till it in. Attracts earthworms too. You have black clay, right? I may be thinking about someone else. I don't know if maybe you have rice mills there, but the hulls are a good way to break up that hard clay.. Whatever you can find to help break it up at the end of your growing season I would & add in continuously, especially if you can find a free source. . . if not, it will just go back into being mud or whatever you original soil is. My mind is going to clay cause that is normally nutrient deprived, which is what I started with.
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lots of cattle around here getting old hay should not be a problem,I have chicken house right up the road from me and I know the man pretty well
 
Well, I'm up to about two thirds of the garden weeded! Most of the peanuts have dirt mounded around them now too. The potato plants are dying off now and should be ready to harvest in a couple weeks, and I started harvesting carrots and onions. I don't seem to have enough free time for the gardening, but am trying when I can.
 
Maverick said:
Garden is putting along... Once I get past the 5" growth (thinking this time next year) or I'm going to have a very midget garden this year, least barbie and ken will be happy :( Our summertime weather just gone South, we now have rain rain rain winds and rain.
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It was 77F today here, and sunny. Back to the 90s this weekend :(

Garden is doing pretty well. On another note, you can tell it is June. They've started cutting wheat. One field I passed today looked like it had a dust storm going, but it was a couple combines.
 
everyone with a tractor is cutting hay the last couple days,,,,,,we had nice weather today and it looking like we are in for a run of no rain,,,,if the garden drys up it should start to do better,,,I sure would like to see more than 2 tomato's on 9 plants,,,,,,,,
 
grayghost668 said:
everyone with a tractor is cutting hay the last couple days,,,,,,we had nice weather today and it looking like we are in for a run of no rain,,,,if the garden drys up it should start to do better,,,I sure would like to see more than 2 tomato's on 9 plants,,,,,,,,
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I bet it's about to start here too. Last weekend was way too wet, but we're on a dry spell too now.
 
Maverick said:
Garden is putting along... Once I get past the 5" growth (thinking this time next year) or I'm going to have a very midget garden this year, least barbie and ken will be happy :( Our summertime weather just gone South, we now have rain rain rain winds and rain.
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We're much the same. This week has not been gardening weather.:(
 
I'm not complaining about the rain. The plants have been loving it. I've seen more growth this year than ever before. I also have a feeling that summer dryness is going to kick in before long. I'm just great full I haven't had to drag a hose around much so far.
 
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