Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

--- In MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com, "sheila" <cobbsmom@...> wrote:
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> I mixed the weekly feed using the package of micronutrients, Epsom salt and
> 13-13-13 fertilizer. The 25 pounds of fertilizer gave me 100 sandwich
> baggies of 1 cup each. I mixed the Epsom salt with the micronutrients in a
> gallon bag and shook until dispersed. I then added a tablespoon of this
> mixture to each baggie. I am hoping this makes a more distributed mixture
> than when I mixed everything in the wheelbarrow and then scooped into the
> baggies.
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> My beds are in 8-foot lengths by 18 inches. One baggie will do two beds.
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> I know this seems like a lot of work but the first year I stored everything
> in one container and it clumped to the point I had to use a trowel to break
> it apart. The next year I scooped everything into baggies of about a cup
> each but I wasn't sure if I had a thorough mixture in all baggies. This
> year I think this was easier. Each baggie weighs 10 ounces. I should have
> enough to last this season and go into the next. If it clumps, I just whack
> it with the hand shovel to loosen.
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> Sheila (Virginia)
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Hi Sheila,
I too think this is a very good idea, however, you say you had 100 baggies with 25 pounds. I used 25 pounds of 13-13-13 also, but I came out with 50 baggies. One cup was equal to 8 ounces. (25 Pounds = 400 Ounces and 400 ounces = 50 cups or baggies) To that I added two rounded tablespoons (2 tbs + 1/2 tspoon) of the magnesium sulfate per bag. Each of my baggies weigh about 10 ounces. Did you use 50 pounds of fertilizer maybe?
This is going to work out nice as each of my rows will be 10 feet long. Thanks for the idea.

Linda (missouri)
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