Fertilizing established plants

Aug 18, 2005 2 Replies
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Hi,



This is my first year attempting to grow some vegetables and I have a question about fertilizing after the plants are already fairly mature.



We have pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumber growing in separate places in our yard. So far no visible fruits although I see a couple of female pumkin flowers again so hopefully one of these will start a pumpkin. Plenty of bees around so polination is not a problem. Plenty of sunlight, plenty of water from the hose although it has been very dry so no rain to speak of.



So I figured maybe I need some fertilizer. Is it ok to sprinkle it on the ground above the plants and let the water bring it to the roots? That's what I'm trying but I wasn't really sure about it.



Thanks in advance for any tips.



Steve



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I like to get some liquid fish emulsion or fish ferilizer and pour it on the soil near the base of the plants. It's a nice balanced and low level fertlizing method and seems to work for me. You could also try using it on the leaves with a fine mist sprayer. It may attract a lot of bees this time of year though if you use it as a spray.

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That's what I do for my tomato and pepper, and it seems to work fine. If I see a specific problem that I think if nutritional, I use a liquid fertilizer like kelp or fish emulsion for that plant.

Penelope

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