Re: [CH] Nitrogen Deficiency
Mike Shimek (mike@dmfarms.com)
Thu, 30 May 2002 17:39:09 -0400
Plants react fast to nitrogen, so it is not to late to add more, just don't
overdue it.(a product such as "Miracle Grow" will help as it has around 30%
N) You may also want to add some lime, preferebly lime pellets. You may not
see any action from the lime this season, but it will help out quite a bit
for next year. Glad to see someone is getting something planted, slow going
here at "Camp Swampy".
Mike Shimek
D & M Farms
----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Matthew Evans" <matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu>
To: "Chile-Heads" <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: [CH] Nitrogen Deficiency
> Hi All --
>
> My garden is off and running -- modest by the standards of most list
> members, but much larger than my wife or I has ever grown on our own (our
> parents' gardens still absolutely dwarf ours). We have about 40 tomato
> plants, 40 chile plants, assorted herbs, squashes, and cucumbers, gourds
and
> pumpkins, and 15 chiles in containers. At any rate, here is my issue --
our
> garden is bordered by lawn on all 4 sides. Because my lawn is mostly
weeds,
> we can have a weed problem in our garden. So, once the plants get to be 6
> inches or so, we mulch the entire garden with shredded pine. This spring,
I
> simply tilled last year's mulch into the ground. Now, I know that this
can
> cause nitrogen deficiency, but I took steps to alleviate this problem when
> preparing my ground this spring (or so I thought). The "new" garden area
> (that had no mulch last year) is growing much better than the "old" garden
> area this year, leading me to believe that I still have a nitrogen
> deficiency in the "old" garden area from turning under last year's mulch.
> The plants are healthy, disease free, and have no bug problems, but they
> just aren't as big and green as those in the "new" part of the garden.
>
> I've got some ideas about what I will do for next year (manure, compost,
> etc.) to prevent this problem from happening again, but what can I do for
> this year's crop? Can I just top dress with bloodmeal or urea or
something?
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I hope all of your gardens are doing even better.
>
> Matt
>
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> T. Matthew Evans
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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