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Montville, OH

Hi all!

As I start preparing for the end of the season, I'm also lookong ahead to patch prep this fall. I've sent my samples to A&L Western, and am thinking I'll need to add Humic Acid.

At one of the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers meetings last spring, one of the members had a pickup truck with 40 or 50 bags of humic acid (brown bag, green letters).

Any idea where a fella could pick up this product, reasonably priced, in NE Ohio?

I do understand that I maynot nee it for my patch, but I'm thinking I could use it in my other vegetable and flower beds.

Thanks in advance!

Quietman

8/20/2009 5:35:59 AM

Montville, OH

My apologies, I found a source searching he messages.

Looks like Ohio Earth Food (Near Akron) may be my best bet.

Take care, nd good luck to everyone as we near the end of the season!

Quietman

8/20/2009 5:54:02 AM

Okla

Quietman
here is one of the best websites that pumpkins growers and gardeners will ever find for anything to do with pumpkins and gardening. Check Tom out and if you have any questions just email him. He is one of the best guys I have found in helping growers get everything they need to grow.
http://www.extremepumpkinstore.com/
here is the humic acid:
http://www.extremepumpkinstore.com/ccp0-catshow/ORGANICFERT.html

8/20/2009 8:47:01 AM

Colorado Springs, CO

Give consideration to the granular product referred to most likely as Humate. Let it break down slowly in your garden soil over the winter months whereby perc-ing waters will render the humic acids that you seek. If you use a liquid humic product in the fall it may leach out much quicker than you want....especially when you have nothing growing there to benefit from it. Put some granular stuff in the compost pile too. Worms love to process that too.

8/20/2009 11:21:08 AM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

It was Greensmith's humic acid you refer to in the brown bag with green letters.

8/20/2009 9:34:48 PM

Ohio

Quietman, Parks Garden Center in Canfield should have it. Or you can call Lester Byler on Bunndysburg Rd in Middlefield, he's a fertrell dealer and can order it. I think I paid like $25 a bag from him. Or you can go to Hayes Rd Nursery here in Huntsburg, don't know their number top of my head, he's Amish, but carries alot of products. Plus Pleasant Valley Greenhouse on Clay St carries fertrell products.

8/21/2009 5:15:23 AM

Fresno, Ca

I have been using a product called HydraHume from Helena. A fifty pound bag is about $35-$40 seems to work pretty well and easy application for soil prep. If you have a helena branch nerby they could help you out. It comes in a paper sack like you describe.

8/25/2009 11:34:41 PM

Montville, OH

Deepest thanks for all responses, it appears I have many options!

Best of luck to everyone!

Quietman

8/27/2009 9:00:59 AM