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Monday, April 14, 2025
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Steve's Garage
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New Castle, Indiana
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I got the lime and amendments all put down today. I ended up adding in a little bit of Milorganite which is just a slow release nitrogen product. The langley sheet has it down as 5-3-0 but it's actually 6-4-0 now so I changed it. Perhaps they've changed formulation over time. In any case it's one of those things all the stores have so it's easy to get. It probably isn't as naturally effective as alfalfa meal, but when you can't seem to find an easy way to source it you just use what's more available.
Meanwhile the plants are doing fine. In fact it's kind of crazy how much they've grown in just three days. Looks like 2493's cots were damaged by something and that's why they came in so curly. It doesn't seem to be a big problem as the true leaf is coming out fine. Going into the later part of the week, the forecast is calling for lows in the 50's at night. To me that means it's all clear to transplant, which is earlier than I've done it in the past. So far it looks like my decision to start earlier was correct. This year I've got mini huts for the plants mainly to protect against excessive wind or severe weather, as well as possible herbicide drift although the farmers haven't even tilled the fields yet. I'm going to LIGHTLY till the patch again after I get the huts up. I've done quite a bit of walking over it and probably compacted a little. Also it hasn't rained at all lately and the lime is just sitting on the topsoil probably partially blowing away in the breeze. Plants will hit dirt on Thursday!
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