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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lycanthrope" data-source="post: 157529" data-attributes="member: 562"><p>It does ok usually, actually I over fertilized last year and had some issues, nute sensitive plants were stunted. This year it seems to be back on track, sometimes less is more. I use all organic fertilizer and mix it up a bit. I have some outside pet rabbits so they supply me with a steady stream of 'rabbit pellets' which are great fertilizer. Ive used coffee grounds from starbucks and also alfalfa pellets from a feed store, bone and blood meal. Probably more important than fertilizer is watering consistently and frequently. My dad used to overhead water and would wait until it was obvious the plants wanted water before he would water. At that point tho they are already stressed and growth slows down. Better to water enough regularly to not stress them. also sunlight is very important, for most vegetables, full sun all day is ideal, any decrease in the amount of sun they get will negatively effect their potential yield. Shade trees are the enemy of a good garden... You also want to consider how other plants in the garden will shade lower plants. For example this year in my community garden, I planted some extra onions right next to a row of sweet corn, they still got full sun half the day, but didnt turn into anything worth harvesting, largest was maybe racketball sized, compared to other onions that got full sun all day and put a softball to shame. Ive been thinking about making a home made fish emulsion fertilizer with carp, but havent gotten around to it yet. Im sure the plants would love it! Probably the best thing you can do is get a soil test from your county extension office/ndsu, should give you a good idea where to start when it comes to adding fertilizer to your dirt. Most soil in ND is fairly basic, I also add some sulfur pellets every couple years, using a hand held fertilizer spreader. Espoma makes some pretty decent bagged organic fertilizers. I think you can get them for about $1/lb usually in the larger bags at walmart and such places. Holly Tone includes sulfur which is helpful, specially if you have clayish soil which is always too basic.<a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Espoma-Holly-tone-Organic-Evergreen-Azalea-Food-27-lb-Bag/46855920?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227037945634&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=92173928297&wl4=pla-183836900177&wl5=1021402&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=46855920&wl13=&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAjwxILdBRBqEiwAHL2R8_liYXKyrWp9y_iRZ9NcSuRZujAb_N7xxg0l92KY-2tRj5vz7YVneBoCTOsQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">https://www.walmart.com/ip/Espoma-Holly-tone-Organic-Evergreen-Azalea-Food-27-lb-Bag/46855920?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227037945634&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=92173928297&wl4=pla-183836900177&wl5=1021402&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=46855920&wl13=&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAjwxILdBRBqEiwAHL2R8_liYXKyrWp9y_iRZ9NcSuRZujAb_N7xxg0l92KY-2tRj5vz7YVneBoCTOsQAvD_BwE</a></p></blockquote><p></p>

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