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Wed, Oct 5, 11 at 12:31
| I was wondering what folks use for fertilizer when they plant garlic in the fall. Someone mentioned they use the bulb tone - anyone here use it? |
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| Sorry, I don't know about bulb tone. I've been growing great, large garlic for 15 years now and only use well aged manure based compost. That and some rock phosphate if I feel like the area needs it. I harvested about 400 lbs. this year, much of it was quite large. Why bother with buying fertilizer when manure is free for the taking? -Mark |
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- Posted by dancinglemons 7B (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 3:34
| I've used Espoma BulbTone but not for garlic. I used it on shallots and it worked pretty good. I do wish I had a contact for some well aged manure based compost but all the folks around here who have manure want top dollar for it now that they know gardeners without animals want it. I settle for Poultry Manure by Espoma when I buy manure. I grow my garlic in containers (EarthBox) so my experiences will be a bit different. Ingredients in Bulb-Tone: DL |
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| dancinglemons, how many cloves per box, and what spacing? Also, is there anything different I should know compared to growing them in the ground, or growing thins other than alliums? I've been growing garlic and using self watering containers for years, but never garlic in containers. My raised beds are increasingly filled with redwood tree roots. |
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- Posted by still_kris z17 NoCA (My Page) on Thu, Nov 1, 12 at 10:40
| I grow in large raised beds. I use Dr. Earth brand 4-4-4 when planting and blood meal in late winter/early spring when the crop gets going again. I have in the past mulched with a combination of bagged chicken manure and composted ground bark product, but find the blood meal to be easier and better for my needs. I also add organic amendments/nutrients when I feel like it--greensand, bone meal etc. |
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