http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewBoard.asp?b=10 Last 25 Posts for the 'Fertilizing and Watering' message board. en-us Copyright &copy; 1999-2026 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ Agronomist in IA <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> I took a pasture, added 3-4 inches of compost, tilled it and my results look like this: Soil pH: 7.2 EC: 0.64 OM: 8% Nitrates: 101 CEC: 19 P: 231 K: 1205 Ca: 3520 Mg: 55 I'm concerned ab... 0 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?767842 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=767842 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=767842 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:14:45 GMT grow bigger <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Where can I find a copy of the Langley Calculator? 2 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?767802 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=767802 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=767802 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:32:35 GMT Little Ketchup <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> https://www.researchgate.net/post/What-about-Anion-Exchange-Capacity-when-managing-studying-soil-fertility I thought this reply was the best: &quot;Good question. Most of the soils are negativel... 0 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?767074 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=767074 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=767074 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:27:16 GMT n d fan <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> My biggest problem is getting the plant to size for pollination. What do most of you feed the plants to get the plants to size early. I start my plants the same time as everyone else and the top growe... 8 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?765589 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=765589 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=765589 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:18:00 GMT Little Ketchup <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> I thought gypsum was relatively benign chemically and too insoluble to worry about any adverse effects. I hadn't considered any possible adverse affects but this article points out some. I know ... 4 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?753241 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=753241 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=753241 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:06:30 GMT Rottweiler <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Hello everyone. I would like to grow completely organically this season. I have already applied manure and compost in preparation (last fall). I just wondered what and how much to use as fertilizer. V... 17 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?750237 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=750237 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=750237 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:39:27 GMT Kevin_M <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Moving to drip tape this year for my watering setup. I've narrowed in on dripworks.com and am curious what flow &amp; spacing everyone else uses. Options are 8&quot; or 12&quot; on center, and low (20... 5 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?749842 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=749842 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=749842 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:47:15 GMT Schalks92 <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> I was wondering if preen vegetable feed and preventer is safe to use for giant pumpkins and other giants. 5 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?749358 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=749358 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=749358 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:28:53 GMT Little Ketchup <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UrLcC-hPeMo This guy goes at a manageable pace. I can tell its smart stuff although it might require a bit of work and money to put it into practice. I'm sure so... 2 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?748709 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=748709 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=748709 Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:08:07 GMT Little Ketchup <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> The ones that arent on a typical soil test? Im just wondering why the tomatoes grow so well in one spot and kind of lackluster/average elsewhere, by comparison. I try to pay attention to all the sta... 9 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?746764 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=746764 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=746764 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:02:42 GMT Little Ketchup <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> https://andersonscanada.com/2018/04/16/phosphorus-what-is-the-tie-up/ Its amazing to me that I can apply phosphorous generously and get very little response. I think it gets bound in the soil quic... 0 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?745483 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=745483 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=745483 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:12:33 GMT bluesilver <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Hi, I am having a bit of trouble finding liquid Cal-Mag at the moment. I was just interested if this idea would work or even if it is the same thing. So to get close to 100ppm of Calcium and Magnes... 1 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?744945 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=744945 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=744945 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 01:53:41 GMT bluesilver <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Hi, just what I am sure is a very basic question, but something that I have not picked up on. i see a lot where people say with there watering and fertilizing program that they fertilize say every s... 2 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?740946 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740946 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740946 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 19:15:24 GMT bluesilver <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> I have been reading a few articles now where growers are saying that they are watering say 100 gallons per plant per day ( just a rough figure there as an example ) Then they talk about feeding the p... 14 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?740862 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740862 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740862 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:51:54 GMT LJ <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> My recent spring soil test recommends 8 lbs/1000 sq ft. of elemental sulfur. Late last fall I had added 8 lbs/1000 sq ft. I use prilled product. Would have the test even detected the fall applied... 14 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?740540 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740540 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740540 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:12:23 GMT DKrus <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Does anyone have info on this, it was mentioned in an article by Nick Kennedy and Ron Root in the SNGPG newsletter 2 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?740350 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740350 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740350 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:37:50 GMT Vine Man Dan <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Are there products out there for sale that contain many different kinds of microbes together? Trichoderma spp., Streptomyces spp., Pseudomonas spp., Anthrobotrys spp., Or do I buy seperately? 2 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?740321 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740321 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=740321 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 22:40:23 GMT sirpumpkin <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> They use the lifting rig at Ohio valley 0 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?735612 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=735612 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=735612 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:16:54 GMT sirpumpkin <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> SOGPG is selling there Giant pumpkin lifting rig if anyone is interested please contact. Tony Vanderpool 740 703 6698 asking $1200 0 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?735611 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=735611 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=735611 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:05:14 GMT Little Ketchup <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Keep pushing fertilizer... or back off? What is optimal? I'm tempted to push, push, push, all the way through September dont know how much good it will do at DAP 70 hence growing slow is normal. ... 9 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?733784 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733784 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733784 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 23:55:00 GMT gregguy <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Looking at the Newtry fertilizer injector to save some money. Less than half the price of a Dosatron. Anyone have some in the patch results? 1 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?733549 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733549 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733549 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:13:49 GMT Steve's Garage <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> So for next year I'm looking to run at least four impact sprinklers...maybe six. Right now, the water pressure I have coming from the sill cock spigot is just barely enough to run one...and sometimes ... 6 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?733463 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733463 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733463 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:31:03 GMT grow bigger <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Just purchased some Urea Mate 5-10-27, planning on applying as a drench. How much per gal is everyone using? Direction say for foliar to use 1 lb/per gal. Seems high. Would drench be same rate? 4 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?733194 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733194 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=733194 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:42:15 GMT Little Ketchup <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> As if we needed another m-micronutrient to confuse us... https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=22123 I noticed some of my beans having trouble fixing nitrogen, and I think this is why. I also... 1 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?732779 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=732779 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=732779 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:49:36 GMT pumpkinpal2 <NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com> Honestly - Mine are most of them just a week or two since pollination and it is ongoing; I for some reason stopped fertilizing anything although wanting to, of course, but it had been super-rainy here... 15 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/rss/messagepost.rss?732700 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=732700 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=732700 Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:03:48 GMT