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Thursday, June 12, 2008
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GR8 PMKN
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Salem, OR
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Instead of complaining about the weather, I think I'll focus on the positive. My plants have a strong, vibrant green color that they've never had before at this stage. I'm a real believer in powdered fish fertilizer now! I think my obsession with nitrogen levels is paying off. Of course, the easy way to have solved this problem years ago would have been to visit an expert's patch, look at his leaves, and then keep adding nitrogen (slowly) until mine were the same shade. Duh. Speaking of nitrogen, I'm doing a little experiment with two of my 395 Isom plants (no greenhouse). The backup 395 was started a couple of days later than the primary 395 and was a bit smaller. I've been hitting it with lots of calcium nitrate to try to determine "how much is too much." Today it got 1/2 cup. Last week, another 1/2 cup (the other 395 got nothing today and 1/4 cup last week). So far the old adage 'less is more' doesn't seem to apply to nitrogen. The backup looks better and is catching up. I think I've probably underdone it in the nitrogen department in the past because I've been so worried about the "More-on principle." I'm still a firm believer in avoiding synthetic fertilizers, especially keeping the synthetic phosphorus down, but nitrogen and water are areas I've skimped on too much in the past, I think. I'm basically going to keep pouring on the fertilizer with this experimental plant until I kill it. Stay tuned!
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