Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 1 Entries. Sunday, January 11 View Page BEWARE, THERE'S ICE OUT THERE! Patch-wise, I made good use of the frozen soil and the moderate layer of snow on top: Two days ago I added boron and molybdenum to the patch. HOW and WHY did I do that... Well, B and Mo should be added homogeneously...one should avoid creating spots with excessive B- or Mo-content. In principle, I could add them during fall patch prep, just before roto-tilling the patch. However, B and Mo get leached out rather easily, and I want the water to wash them in (...to the patch) rather than wash them out (into deeper layers of subsoil). Therefore, I took a barrel of water, added the amendments into a good load of water and sprinkled everything more or less homogeneously across the patch using a watering can (16 cans in total). The frozen soil was great for walking across the patch, the first layer of snow was great for further diluting the amendments, and the new snow from the past two days will also help to wash them in (as soon as it melts....probably over the course of the next two weeks, according to the forecast). Wishing you all a great start into a great pumpkin year, stay safe!