How much 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?
Pre-Plant Fertilizing
Before planting, evenly spread the following on each 30-foot grow-box:
- 2 pounds of the Pre-Plant Fertilizer
- 1 pound of the Weekly-Feed Fertilizer
Mix thoroughly with the soil.
Tips
If your soil-beds are less than 30-feet long, you will need to modify the amount of fertilizer you use per soil-bed. For instance, if your soil-bed is only 15 feet long, you should cut the amount of fertilizer you apply in half.
Weekly-Feed Fertilizing
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Using Mittleider Fertilizers for Lawns and Other Plants The Mittleider Gardening Course (p. 48)
Apply 16 ounces (1 pound) of the Weekly-Feed Fertilizer evenly down the center of each 30-foot soil-bed.
Water after applying fertilizer to dissolve the granules.
Tips
Since it’s usually easier to measure by volume, use your fertilizing tool with its 16-ounce can attached to make your measuring and fertilizing easier.
The can on your fertilizing tool holds enough fertilizer for a 18" x 30' soil-bed. Hold the tool in your hands at an angle, start at one end, and gently shake the can to distribute the fertilizer. Walk along the soil-bed distributing the fertilizer until you reach the other end. Refill the can with fertilizer and start on the next row.
Garden Genius
Calculate how much of each fertilizer you will need for one application on all of the soil-beds in your garden, or have The Garden Wizard do it for you.
- Pre-Plant Fertilizer pounds
- Weekly-Feed Fertilizer pounds
Fill in these amounts on the Fertilizing Schedule in Garden Genius. Print them out before exiting this site.
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Tip of the Day
It's Spring Planting Time! For those of you in the Northern hemisphere who have winters, March and early April are the time you need to be preparing your soil and planting the hardy vegetable crops such as radishes, peas, cabbage and broccoli.
The freeze/thaw cycles of winter have broken up and loosened most soils, so as soon as it's not muddy, go in and give everything a good weeding with the 2-way hoe (see Tools). Weeding thoroughly this early gives you the upper hand, and is very important.
If you grew a Mittleider garden last year, your beds will be easy to re-make. Just apply Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed to the bed area, then till them in, 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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