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Pulaski Tn [email protected]

last spring i bought a single axle dump truck for one reason..yep to haul manure..well this will be its second season and to date it hasnt hauled a single turd..i tell you i dont think i'll ever get a big one.. my question here is.. what is the biggest pumpkin you have ever heard of that "wasnt" grown with manure??

5/13/2003 5:26:54 PM

New York

My 2001 crop was grown in plain old field dirt...no manure had ever been applied in the field...not until 2002. That years crop was 868, 865.5, 845, and 695. It can be done, but it's much more difficult keeping the soil loose. Alan

5/13/2003 8:25:49 PM

Indiana

1097.5

Tom Beachy

5/13/2003 8:33:25 PM

Deer Park WA

410 in 00

Gerry Gadberry

5/13/2003 11:09:18 PM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

well....this opens up a whole new can-o-worms here..at least for me it does..if no manure was used then what was???

5/14/2003 8:56:01 AM

Mineral Virginia

all that OM may be over rated.....

5/14/2003 9:21:26 AM

Utah

manure is OM, but OM in not always manure.

5/14/2003 9:47:48 AM

Mineral Virginia

well, not to have the thread diverted, maybe all that CRAP is over rated. considering that to some of us it is an expense, then the time to apply, the net gain may not justify it.

5/14/2003 11:07:40 AM

Cologne / Germany

Alan is right, soil must be kept loose all the time. My 2002 patch with the 417 was not even tilled and hard as a highway. This year I brought leaves (shreddered), 2 tons of manure and tilled 3 times. Big difference. Compost is not as loose as manure and can compact when drying in the sun.

5/14/2003 11:35:56 AM

Deer Park WA

I believe the "secret" is to have a high level of OM such as cover crops, compost ect. Manure is great, but it really has minimal NPK benefits compared to chemical fertilizer. As long as the root system can expand freely through the soil and it is kept moist at the cation exchange level you will have good results, to get great results the humus and pH level need to be perfected...

5/14/2003 1:05:17 PM