Sunday, April 5, 2015

Secret Giant Pumpkin Fertilizing Program

The following is my "secret"giant pumpkin fertilizing program.  This fertilizer program will be modified during the season, depending on what the plant is telling me.  In addition to what is listed below, I'll also be putting down a little Azos, myko, kelp and Rootshield to each leaf node.  What is listed below doesn't include what I amended the soil with in the Fall and Spring.  The Fish & Seaweed is Neptune's, foliar multimineral is Albions' Metosolate multimineral and most of the other products are NPK Industries' RAW fertilizers

If you would like to see a great video that not only explains how and when to use fertilizers, but why, watch this video:


The Giant Pumpkin Fertilizer Program

Please note that the quantities of different fertilizers being applied here are very small. You want to spoon feed the plant to push it along and don't want to pour on the fertilizers which can sometimes do more harm than good.  Fertilizers should be applied in the early morning or the evening.  Most of these fertilizers, bio-stimulants and nutrients are available at a discount at http://seeds.giantpumpkinman.com/fertilizers.

May planting outdoors in hoop houses:
Week 1 B-vitamin, liquid seaweed/kelp, compost tea. With mykos, myco grow, Rootshield and Azos in the planting hole.
Week 2 phosphorus, compost tea, fulvic acid, yucca, silica
Week 3 compost tea, foliar seaweed, foliar humic acid
Week 4 compost tea, fish & seaweed, Azos, Biotamax, Actinovate with iron, Rootshild, omina, silica

June vine running:
Week 5 blood meal (for nitrate nitrogen), compost tea, yucca
Week 6 TKO, foliar multi-mineral, foliar fish & seaweed, fulvic acid, Omina, cal/mag
Week 7 foliar humic acid, compost tea
Week 8 foliar multi-mineral, foliar seaweed, foliar humic acid, yucca

July fruit (assumed that pumpkin pollination will be around the last week of June):
Week 9 foliar potassium, Omina
Week 10 foliar fish & seaweed, foliar multimineral, B-vitamins
Week 11 potassium, foliar fish & seaweed, biotamax, actinovate
Week 12 cane molasses, foliar multi-mineral, fish & seaweed on the soil, foliar humic acid

August
Week 13 Omina, foliar fish & seaweed, foliar multi-mineral, compost tea, silica, foliar actinovate, B-vitamins
Week 14 potassium, Actinovate, Biotamax, azos, yucca, foliar fish & seaweed, foliar humic acid
Week 15 foliar multi-mineral, foliar fish & seaweed, foliar humic acid, silica
Week 16 TKO, cane molasses, fish & seaweed on the soil, foliar seaweed, fulvic acid

September
Week 17 foliar multi-mineral, foliar fish & seaweed, foliar humic acid, B-vitamins
Week 18 TKO, foliar fish & seaweed, foliar humic acid, cane molasses, silica
Week 19 potassium, foliar seaweed, foliar humic acid
Week 20 foliar potassium, foliar seaweed, foliar humic acid

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