How do I mix the weekly feed fertilizer?
- 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?
Weekly-Feed Fertilizer provides for the on-going nutritional needs of growing plants.
To make 26 pounds of Weekly-Feed Fertilizer, mix together the following:
- Calcium Nitrate—CaNO3 10 pounds
- Ammonium Nitrate—AmNO3 (34-0-0) 3 pounds 8 ounces
- Phosphorus—P (0-45-0) 3 pounds 12 ounces
- Magnesium Sulfate—MgSO4 (Epsom Salt) 2 pounds 12 ounces
- Potassium—K (0-0-60) 4 pounds 12 ounces
- Boron—B (Borax) 3 ounces
- Manganese—MnSO4 2 ounces
- Zinc—ZnSO4 3 ounces
- Iron(Fe) Chelate #330 ½ ounce
- Copper Sulfate—CuSO4 ¼ ounce
- Molybdenum—Mo ¼ ounce
- Gypsum—CaSO4 1 pound
What if I can’t find these ingredients?
Learn More
- What Are Commercial Fertilizers? The Mittleider Gardening Course (p.94)
- Food For Everyone (pp. 255-257)
Ask your garden shop to stock them. Or, you can order the mixture directly from us. (Compare to Miracle Grow)
For a short-term substitute to the Weekly-Feed fertilizer, mix together
- 6 pounds fertilizer (16-8-16)
- 1 pound magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt)
- 5 grams boron (Borax)
Tips
To help with your measuring, remember that "a pint is a pound the world around" and 1 teaspoon equals 5 grams.
What do the numbers 16-8-16 mean?
Throughout the world, fertilizer is sold using standard labels. The three numbers show the percent of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) in the fertilizer. For instance, the fertilizer bag shown here contains 10% of each element.
What should I do if I can’t find a 16-8-16 fertilizer?
Substitute one of the following mixtures, shown here in order of most acceptable substitute to least acceptable:
- 16-16-16 fertilizer
- 20-20-20 fertilizer
- 10-10-10 fertilizer
Garden Genius
Do you plan to use the standard Weekly-Feed formula listed above or to start by using the short-term-substitute formula?
Use standard Weekly-Feed formula
Use substitute Weekly-Feed formula
Check off the ingredients for one batch of the formula you choose on the Tools and Materials List in the Garden Genius. Be sure to print out this list before you exit.
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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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