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President - GPC

Looking for a good, longlasting source of Nitrogen, besides Cow manure.....I hear blood meal is not a long lasting source. Other ideas? or suggestions

10/4/2007 2:40:55 PM

southwest MO

Feather meal

10/10/2007 4:54:11 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Legume cover Crops. They fix nitrogen from the air and store it in the root zone in the form of nitrates.

Chilean Nitrate 16-0-0, high in sodium, usually used in small quantities.

10/10/2007 7:55:22 PM

Cincinnati,OH

I used alfalfa pellets this year. My plants didn't run out of gas as quickly this year. I think it was 1 of the reasons I went over 1000 this year.

10/10/2007 8:35:05 PM

Cornell, Wi

When do u add the alfafla pellets spring or fall?

10/11/2007 10:09:30 PM

Picton,ON (j.vincent@xplornet.ca)

I use Ammonium Sulfate 21-0-0

10/11/2007 10:17:02 PM

Cincinnati,OH

I added them in the spring.

10/11/2007 11:16:46 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

46-0-0 is still the cheapest that the average grower can buy.
Calcium Nitrate is better suited.
Dried Blood is very pricey but is also good & repells some animals.

10/12/2007 11:19:58 AM

President - GPC

Tremor I have heard dried blood doesnt last very long. True?

10/12/2007 12:05:06 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Yes...Dried blood is the most soluble of the natural organic N sources. This is a GOOD thing in the spring IF the soil is warm enough to get the biology working. We NEED the N to run out at fruit-set so a predictable end to the N cycle is desirable.

10/13/2007 12:51:50 AM

Woodinville, WA, PNW zn 7b

Another free product like blood and feathers is hair. If you know someone who cuts hair, you can get a lot of free N (and many other trace minerals) Takes a long time to break down in the soil, but does not rob the soil of N like leaves, etc.

11/12/2007 7:49:21 PM