May (focusing on the roots): | |
Week 1 | RAW Phosphorous/nitrogen (mono ammonium), B-vitamin, liquid seaweed/kelp, compost tea, myco, microbes & Azos, yucca |
Week 2 | fish, compost tea (alfalfa), fulvic acid, yucca, silica |
Week 3 | compost tea, humic acid, yucca, fish, Azos, enzymes, amino acids |
Week 4 | compost tea, RAW 7-4-5, Omina, silica, fulvic acid |
June (focus on vine growing): | |
Week 5 | blood meal (for nitrate nitrogen), phosphorus, potassium, enzymes, humic acid, compost tea, yucca, RAW 7-4-5 |
Week 6 | foliar multi-mineral, phosphorous (flowering), fulvic acid, microbes, RAW 7-4-5 |
Week 7 | (pollination) humic acid, compost tea, RAW 3-12-12, Omina |
Week 8 | nitrogen, TKO, humic acid, yucca, compost tea |
July fruit (focus on transiting from vine growing to fruit): | |
Week 9 | enzymes, NPK, compost tea, fulvic acid |
Week 10 | NPK, humic acid, compost tea |
Week 11 | (pumpkin gearing up), TKO, microbes, nitrogen, humic acid, compost tea, B-vitamins, Omina |
Week 12 | cane molasses, humic acid, NPK, compost tea, iron |
August (focus on the fruit) | |
Week 13 | NPK, foliar multi-mineral, compost tea, silica, Actinovate |
Week 14 | Azos, yucca, humic acid, NPK, compost tea, Omina, foliar multi-mineral |
Week 15 | silica, humic acid, NPK, Actinovate, compost tea, enzymes |
Week 16 | TKO, cane molasses, fulvic acid, NPK, compost tea |
September (finish the race) | |
Week 17 | humic acid, foliar seaweed, B-vitamins, RAW 3-12-12, compost tea, Omina |
Week 18 | TKO, nitrogen, foliar seaweed, foliar humic acid, cane molasses, silica |
Week 19 | foliar potassium, nitrogen, foliar seaweed, humic acid |
Week 20 | foliar potassium, foliar seaweed, humic acid |
Monday, February 26, 2018
2018 Giant Pumpkin Secret Fertilizing Program
The following is a modification of my "secret" giant pumpkin
fertilizing program for 2018. Each year I try to refine my fertilizer program based on my own experience, other growers feedback and new science.
Most of the fertilizers and nutrients products are NPK Industries' RAW fertilizers which can be purchased here at a discount.
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