Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Or... if you have a small garden like mine, you could bag each row's weekly
allotment of fertilizer in ziploc bags so they don't break down too much.

Here's a video of my garden from last week:
http://youtu.be/V2oFV8xDoRU

Mark
Houston, TX

 

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From: Jim Kennard <jbkennard@foodforeveryone.org>
To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 3:17:27 PM
Subject: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Successfully Mixing and Using Weekly Feed
Mix - Without it Getting Wet!

 
Group:

Most of you are likely using Epsom Salt as your source of Magnesium, and it is
causing you some grief - namely your Weekly Feed wants to get wet and sticky,
because it contains 7 parts water for each one part magnesium.

This does NOT affect its potency, nor its usefulness, but it DOES make it
miserable to use.

Therefore, let's give you a couple of possible solutions:

1. Replace the magnesium sulfate (MgSO4.7H2O) with magnesium sucrate or
magnesium oxide, etc. You'll have to buy your Mg in 50# bags, but you can use
1/2 as much in your mixes, both Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed.

2. When using Epsom Salt add 1# of Perlite to 60# of Weekly Feed Mix. Perlite
absorbs a tremendous amount of water, and so will stop the mix from getting wet
and creating a mess.

Jim Kennard

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