[simmran1]

Climate, soil conditions, growing conditions and garden practices with rotation have caused me to amend differently than most. When I pull plants in early October and thus have a bare garden I work 1½ pounds of milorganite per 100 sq. feet as well as an entire bale of premium alfalfa. I rake and shallow till these in- then plant garlic in 1/6th of the garden. The next spring I use Tomato-Tone per recommendation at planting, and water in with AlgoFlash to help the seedlings get established. I do plan on buying the garden hose water filter this year, as our city water is probably no better than Vgary’s, which is only for plant survival at best. I believe these slower released micronutrients work better for me, and I don’t believe in the ‘quick fix’ 5-5-5 NPK granules- as it just produced failures for me.