Garden Question

Mark W. · Jan 30, 2018

Planting a small fenced in garden this year about 25' x 25'. Pig manure sitting on it for about a year with some old mushroom compost. Got it plowed and disked. This May, when we can plant, going to run rototiller over it several times prior to planting. Is there any problem with me fertilizing the entire area prior to rototilling? Thinking 10-10-10. It's not a big area so it shouldnt take much. Thanks

Briar Hill Brittanys · Jan 30, 2018

If'n it was me, I'd get a sample of the ground tested to see what it needs for what you want to plant. If you fertilize the whole garden, you'll be fertilizing the grass and weeds that grow between the rows. I typically fertilize only the rows that get planted, and then side dress as needed. HTH. Mark

Charlie M · Jan 30, 2018

You need to be careful with fertilizer with nitrogen. Some plants like peppers will grow like trees and have no peppers with too much nitrogen. As already mentioned I would get a soil test to see where you are starting at and then maybe fertilize only the rows or plants, not the entire area.

db4600 · Jan 30, 2018

Have a friend that uses mushroom compost. It?s like magic dust.

rustred · Jan 30, 2018

you have it fertilized naturally and dont think you need a thing other than water. makes a big difference in keeping stuff watered every evening other than just relying on rain.

Nancy Howell · Jan 30, 2018

What is mushroom compost?

Mark W. · Jan 30, 2018

Spent mushroom substrate is the composted organic material remaining after a crop of mushrooms is harvested. Mushrooms are grown in a mixture of natural products, including horse-bedded straw (straw from horse stables), hay, poultry manure, ground corn cobs, cottonseed hulls, gypsum, and other substances. This mixture is composted in piles or ricks, creating a dark brown, fibrous, and pliable organic growing media. When the composting process is complete, the media is brought into mushroom houses where it is placed into beds or trays and used as a substrate for growing mushrooms. After the mushrooms are harvested, the "spent" substrate is removed from the houses and pasteurized with steam to kill insects, pathogens, and mushroom remnants.

rustyfarmall · Jan 30, 2018

(quoted from post at 09:05:24 01/30/18) Planting a small fenced in garden this year about 25' x 25'. Pig manure sitting on it for about a year with some old mushroom compost. Got it plowed and disked. This May, when we can plant, going to run rototiller over it several times prior to planting. Is there any problem with me fertilizing the entire area prior to rototilling? Thinking 10-10-10. It's not a big area so it shouldnt take much. Thanks

10-10-10 is what I use on the garden. No need to apply a lot of it. Just enough that is plainly visible.

old · Jan 30, 2018

I do not use any thing but manure on my garden and it has done well for decades that way so I do not think you need to add man made fertilizer to it

Dave H (MI) · Jan 30, 2018

Take a sample, get her tested. Only put in what you need, anything else is a waste.

C. Amick · Jan 30, 2018

I would only apply fertilizer to the rows when you plant. No need making them weeds grow. May need some lime also.

Leroy · Jan 31, 2018

Are your plants all going to want the same fertilizer? Probably not and doing that could over fertilize some of the plants and actually harm them.

shinnery · Feb 1, 2018

Used to say that working for the Postal Service was like growing mushrooms. Keep 'em in the dark and feed them manure.

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