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<blockquote data-quote="WTM" data-source="post: 5027859" data-attributes="member: 6230"><p>1. dont use synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, unless you want your vegetables to taste bitter and have a desire for a never ending battle with insects. natural fertilizer, minerals and soil balance increases the brix scale in vegetables and thus insects arent as attracted to them. legumes do not even need nitrogen, they make it. sweet corn will require more nitrogen than anything in the garden.</p><p></p><p>2. dont till your soil, or at least minimize tillage. it disturbs the micro organisms, soil structure and compacts the soil.</p><p></p><p>3. dont over compost. muck soils or too organic soils dont hold nutrients as well as soils leaning toward the clay side.</p><p></p><p>4. to touch on GMB54 recomendations for peppers, tomatoes have the same requirements although there are some varieties that are heat tolerant. sunlight is good, but high heat and humidity will shut down tomatoes and peppers. this is where row covers and shades come in handy. when night time temps are above 70 degrees it shuts down growth, blooms will drop or not pollinate. dont panic or add any amendments to otherwise healthy plants. it wont help.</p><p></p><p>5. plant a fall cover crop. i usually do austrian winter peas/crimson clover and winter wheat nurse crop mix. in the spring you can mow or crimp it and a week or two later you will have instant compost. it also keeps your soil and nutrients from eroding.</p><p></p><p>good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WTM, post: 5027859, member: 6230"] 1. dont use synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, unless you want your vegetables to taste bitter and have a desire for a never ending battle with insects. natural fertilizer, minerals and soil balance increases the brix scale in vegetables and thus insects arent as attracted to them. legumes do not even need nitrogen, they make it. sweet corn will require more nitrogen than anything in the garden. 2. dont till your soil, or at least minimize tillage. it disturbs the micro organisms, soil structure and compacts the soil. 3. dont over compost. muck soils or too organic soils dont hold nutrients as well as soils leaning toward the clay side. 4. to touch on GMB54 recomendations for peppers, tomatoes have the same requirements although there are some varieties that are heat tolerant. sunlight is good, but high heat and humidity will shut down tomatoes and peppers. this is where row covers and shades come in handy. when night time temps are above 70 degrees it shuts down growth, blooms will drop or not pollinate. dont panic or add any amendments to otherwise healthy plants. it wont help. 5. plant a fall cover crop. i usually do austrian winter peas/crimson clover and winter wheat nurse crop mix. in the spring you can mow or crimp it and a week or two later you will have instant compost. it also keeps your soil and nutrients from eroding. good luck [/QUOTE]
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