Fertilizer question

 


Hi

I have 3 Raised beds. 1 with beetroots and carrots, 1 with lettuce and
other
salad leaves (mizuna, corn salad, rocket, oriental mustards) and 1
with corn and
french beans.

I poured in loads of topsoil (40%) compost (60%) mix back in February.
My garden
is now going great guns. However, I am not sure if I need to
add any fertilizer
to any of it at any point, and if so…what?

Thanks.




--
anthony123hopki

 



If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

What kind of compost? Normally, you should have 5 - 10% organic material
in the soil as the soil organisms will tie up nitrogen in breaking down
the carbon rich organic material, BUT since it doesn't seem to be a
problem for you, leave it alone. If you used composted manure, you may
need to add more organic material EVENTUALLY, but not until you have
reason to.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html

 

anthony123hopki said:


The corn might be happier if given a side dressing of fertilizer (balanced,
or possibly heaviest on the N), just before the tassels appear, or certainly
before they shoot up.  My personal preference is for organic fertilizers.

I normally don't add fertilizer to anything other than corn during the
growing season.  

--
Pat in Plymouth MI
    
"Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important
nutrients..."     --Largo Potter, Valkyria  Chronicles
 
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