Posted by JDEM on July 09, 2017 at 08:18:54 from (70.194.17.90):
We are growing our own food in an area new to us in northern Michigan. This is our second season. Soil was all nearly pure beach-sand and neutral. I trucked in 120 yards of compost and tilled it in. Put in rhubarb, asparagus, pumpkins, broccoli, sweet corn, peas, potatoes, etc.
Everything has grown great except sweet corn. Emergence or theft is the issue. Still have not figured it out. Once it gets 6" tall, it takes off and grows great. But - this year we had to replant three times, and still are missing many plants. We are often away 3-4 days at a time so not here every day to see what is happening.
Last year we used 15-15-15 fertilizer. We had problems but this year things are twice as bad. This year there was a sale on 19-19-19 and I an wondering if it can be stressing corn seeds and sprouts? I see some that looked curled and some that come up and die. I am not sure what the heck is going on. But - we have one row of corn that was planted by accident and got no fertilizer and it came up better then all the rest. Note that we used the same 19-19-19 on alL the other crops and all else is doing great.
Also - about the potatoes. Best we have ever had. Now the potatoe beetles are starting to show up. We had none last year. I was picking off beetle larvae this morning and found this frog perched on a potato branch. Kind of neat. Never saw one like it before. I hope he (she) eats potato bugs.
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