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Saturday, February 15, 2025
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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Its been two weeks since the seeds came up, 18 days total. The middle miracle grow test is bigger than my garden soil tests but it has showed some poor development in the newest leaves. I think its zinc, calcium or boron. The weird thing is, all the plants seem to share some leaf symptom where they arent as green as they should be, I think it could be manganese or sulfer or calcium. I believe the only thing all the different soils may have in common is being a bit too water saturated, and they were subject to an abrupt warm up which may have triggered all the bacteria to consume the sulfer, iron, etc rather quickly before the plants could get it. There will probably be a bacterial/fungal die off in a week or two and then whatever nutrient was in short supply will once again be available.
Its not just nitrogen that can get locked up by the soil biology, I think sulfer, iron, and maybe one other thing (I forget, sorry) is in high demand from the soil microbes. Hitting the plants with small amounts of the right fertilizers ahead of time could alleviate this. I know early in the year growers favor things like calcium nitrate and gypsum and maybe blood meal / bone meal. Not all of these things make sense later in the season, but they could help push the plants through the lethargic part of springtime. I'm glad I'm doing this project its reminding me of the things I can do to get a better result, when spring finally does arrive...
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