What kind of fertilizers should I use?
- How often should I fertilize?
- How do I get Mittleider's Pre-mixed Fertilizer?
- How do I mix the weekly feed fertilizer?
- How do I mix the Pre-Plant formula?
- How much should I use?
- What kind of fertilizers should I use?
- Why do I need to fertilize?
No matter how the soil is fertilized, whether by compost, organic matter, or fertilizer from a bag, the elements used by plants are the same. On a molecular level, nitrogen is nitrogen, regardless of its source. What is important is that plants receive an accurate and proper balance of the required nutrients.
The elements used in Dr. Mittleider’s fertilizers are obtained from commercial sources. Twelve of the thirteen nutrients plants get from the soil occur naturally in the soil and are mined and then packaged and sold commercially.
Dr. Mittleider recommends the following four-step strategy for applying fertilizers. You will learn how to mix the Pre-Plant and Weekly-Feed fertilizers later.
Learn More
- Organic vs. Inorganic Gardening The Mittleider Gardening Course (p.93)
- 6 Steps to Successful Gardening (pp.44-46)
- Food For Everyone (pp. 258-261)
- How Fertilizers Are Packaged and Sold The Mittleider Gardening Course(p.94)
- Recognizing Plant Deficiencies The Garden Doctor(Books 1-3)
- Food for Everyone(pp. 142-254)
- Corrective Treatments The Garden Doctor (Books 1-3)
Step 1: Pre-Plant Fertilizing Before planting, apply pre-plant fertilizers to the grow-boxes and mix with the soil. At this time you should fertilize with the Pre-Plant Fertilizer as well as an application of the Weekly-Feed Fertilizer
Step 2: Transplant Fertilizing After transplanting seedlings, apply 8 ounces (1 cup) ammonium nitrate fertilizer (34-0-0) in a narrow band between rows in each grow-box. This will help jump-start the young seedlings.
Step 3: Weekly Fertilizing After crops are in the soil, apply only the Weekly-Feed Fertilizer on a regular basis, every 7 days.
Step 4: Special-Need Fertilizing If plants show symptoms of nutritional deficiencies, apply corrective fertilizing formulas in addition to the Weekly-Feed Fertilizer.
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Tip of the Day
It's Fall and time to prepare your soil for winter! For those of you in the Northern hemisphere who have winters, October, November, and and early December are the time you need to be cleaning up your garden and preparing it for next spring's planting. You can even plant hardy garlic, which will overvegetable crops such as radishes, peas, cabbage and broccoli.
The freeze/tha-winter and get an early spring start. Before snow covers your garden mae sure all old materials are either removed from the garden, or if they are clean of weed seeds and disease, till them into your soil-beds. Also, when it's not too muddy, go in and give everything a good weeding with the 2-way hoe (see Tools). Weeding thoroughly in the Fall helps keep the weeds from getting a big head start on you before you can get into the garden in the spring, and is very important.
If you grew a Mittleider garden this year, your beds will benefit from tilling or digging. You can apply Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed to the bed area now, then till them in, or wait until early spring. Either way after tilling place strings on your stakes, and re-make the beds.
Be sure to re-check the level of each bed accurately, since they may have changed a little. Do not be satisfied with anything more than 1" fall in a 30'-long soil-bed. Good Gardening!
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