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St. Marys,OH

I have a soil test that says add 0.9 lbs./100 sq. ft. I have a cover crop of winter rye that will tilled in in the next few weeks. Is additional nitro necessary? Will also apply Azos and Kelp meal.

4/3/2015 8:54:32 AM

Germany

Your cover crop and other organic matter will contribute to the N content of your soil, but they will do that as soon as the soil is warm enough to get the organic matter decomposed to ammonia and nitrate. Hence, this nitrogen won´t be available as soon as you transplant the seedling. Therefore, you should add a little nitrogen fertilizer to the small area around the plant spot for good availability of nitrate as soon as the plant is in the dirt, but you don´t need to add as much nitrogen to the entire patch right now. It will get washed out before the plant grows there. Better add a little amount of N fertilizer as the plant grows and as you can see whether it needs some more nitrogen or not.

4/3/2015 12:05:28 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Calcium Nitrate in Cool weather if you have it

4/3/2015 1:20:21 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

Watch the plant for signs too. If sluggish I add a little blood meal. Nitrogen is one of those hard ones since it changes daily and really amps up with the temps.

4/3/2015 2:02:52 PM

Colorado

Ammonium form of nitrogen is supposed to be better for balanced growth veg. vs. root formation. i'm going to try water sol monoammonium phosphate this year -hope it works

4/7/2015 11:46:53 PM

Ontario, Canada.

I like Ammonium only in early season and well before FS development. problem AM-N is competing cation with Ca and others micros.

4/16/2015 7:35:25 PM