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  • I started a vegetable garden in a new place on our property (Central Texas) this spring without a soil sample (last minute plan). It has good sand and I used your Rocket Fuel after talking to a local nursery about their trials with the fertilizer. I started the garden from seed and used the 1 to 2 teaspoons per linear foot as recommended. I planted around March 12th to the 15th(Squash, Corn, Green Beans & Tomatoes) and the plants are a little light green. Is it the cold weather we have been having or do I need to apply the Rocket Fuel again or some other type of fertilizer and how often? Please help! Tammy

    4/27/20074:22:18 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

    Fertilizer, Gardens

    Tammy,

    I would recommend that you apply the rocket fuel or some other type of fertilizer (dry or liquid) again. The Rocket Fuel was a great choice as a starter fertilizer but the plants will need more feeding as the time goes by. Since you did not get a soil sample it will be hard to determine what nutrients the soil is lacking. I would suggest you fertilize around the plants and give it a good watering with Garden-Ville’s Sea Tea at least once every couple of weeks. The Sea Tea is a mixture of fish emulsion, molasses, compost tea, sea weed, and humic acid. When mixed at a rate of 4 ounces per gallon of water it will make a good nutrient rich soil drench that will help the plants along. In between feedings water the plants with plain water to push the nutrients down in the soil.

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