Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Is 8.5 oz per feeding the correct amount of weekly feed?

Dale & Group:

No matter what direction you are growing in the bed or box the recommended amount of fertilizer is the same. For Pre-Plant Mix it's 1 ounce per foot, applied down the middle between two rows of plants. For Weekly Feed Mix you use 1/2 ounce per foot.

Jim Kennard

--- In MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com, "hobbitofny" <hobbitofny@...> wrote:
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> Jim,
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> I was reading the following from the web site. I am wondering how much fertilizer is used each feeding?
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> Dale
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> http://www.growfood.com/126/tiny-gardens-plant-across-the-width-to-maximize-yield
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> Tiny Gardens ¨C Plant Across the Width to Maximize Yield
> February 19, 2010 at 7:25 pm
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> Many people have only a small space in which to grow, and want to plant so as to get the greatest possible yield in the least space. Here¡¯s one idea to do that.
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> You can plant across the width of a box or soil-bed, rather than the traditional lengthwise, if you¡¯re willing to do the extra work of feeding, watering, weeding, and pruning that it requires.
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> Remember the first law of plant growth ¨C direct sunlight all day long, and that applies to all of your plants, for optimum harvest.
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> Therefore, planting close together as I¡¯ll suggest here requires that you prune your plants so that they do NOT shade or overlap each other.
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> You¡¯ll also need to water by hand, to assure even coverage to all plants.
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> And if you¡¯re in the soil weeding will not be as easy because of the close proximity of plants to each other. The two-way hoe is still the best tool for the job.
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> And remember to quit feeding the single-crop varieties three weeks before they reach maturity, so as not to waste fertilizers. Multiple crops are certainly an option for several of those, especially spinach, lettuce, and green onions.
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> Here¡¯s what you could do in a box 4¡ä wide by 16¡ä long ¨C from North to South (or East to West):
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> Tomatoes (2), cucumber (2) and vining squash (1) ¨C close to edge
> Zucchini (3) ¨C 2.5¡ä from edge
> Peppers (5) ¨C 2.5¡ä from zucchinis
> Broccoli (5) ¨C 2¡ä from peppers
> Cauliflower (5) ¨C 2¡ä from broccoli
> Spinach (9) ¨C 1.5¡ä from broccoli
> Spinach (9) ¨C .5¡ä from spinach
> Red leaf lettuce (9) ¨C 1.5¡ä from spinach
> Romaine lettuce (9) ¨C .5¡ä from red leaf lettuce
> Green onions (48) ¨C 1.5¡ä from romaine lettuce
> Italian parsley (16) ¨C .5¡ä from green onions
> Sweet potatoes (5) ¨C 1¡ä from onions, at opposite end of box
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> Tomatoes, cucumber, squash, and zucchini all must be grown on 2¡å X 2¡å stakes and pruned to one stem ¨C tomatoes right at the crotch, cucumber and squash cut sucker stems after first female blossom. Zucchini ¨C older leaves pruned as they touch the ground or interfere with adjacent plants
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> Broccoli and cauliflower leaves should be pruned to keep them off the ground and away from adjacent plants (the leaves are edible!).
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> Sweet potatoes will only work in the space describes above if you can let them run outside the box. You¡¯ll need to prune and train them so they don¡¯t cover your onions and lettuce.
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