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San Luis Obispo Ca

I have decided on the pumpkins I will keep for the rest of the season. I am now switching over to 15-11-29, I was using Alaska fish fert 5-1-1. Along with the Alaska fish I am using Alaska Kelp. Question? Should I continue to use the Kelp for the duration of the growing season, along with the 15-11-29?

7/17/2004 4:05:26 PM

Western Pa.

I'd continue to use the kelp, it supposedly helps to fend off powdery mildew!

7/17/2004 7:14:06 PM

Rhode Island

cheese
i agree with the killer p, kelp will help hold off the onset of powerdy mildew and its many trace elliments are very good for the plant
if i may take it a step farther
eventually we all go to a finisher , some earlier than others
pls remember a high quantity of potash will also force maturity of your fruit
my son ron and i use small amounts of kelp and finisher in with out insect and disease program
we use only one table spoon per gallon of kelp and 5-10-40 in our gas powered backpack sprayer, but we use it every time we spray
( a little bit each time you spray or water is much better that large doses every now and then i think )
good luck
pumpkintoons r.i.

7/17/2004 10:28:06 PM

Dumb blond question.... is the seaweed in Neptune's Harvest the same as kelp? and does it have the same effect?

7/18/2004 1:36:42 PM

Western Pa.

I believe, yes and yes!

7/18/2004 2:59:07 PM

Rhode Island

brigitte --------- no such thing as a dumb blonde question
none of us no matter how long we have grown can claim to know it all
i believe kelp and seaweed are the same , if not there can not be much difference
we use a liquid kelp and at times we also use a kelp meal that we broadcast under the plants a couple times a year
dick w

7/18/2004 7:31:59 PM