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Post by Mumsey on Aug 23, 2020 13:53:19 GMT -5
Doesn’t hurt to try. I noticed one of my hibiscus looking like your beans. I’ll be getting out the Epsom salts too.
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Post by centralilrookie on Feb 28, 2021 13:58:10 GMT -5
I’ve used Mumsey’s mix since I first saw it a few years ago and I wholeheartedly believe in the magic it brings. A few 2020 tomatoes and sweetheart waiting for the first red mater.
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 28, 2021 15:02:33 GMT -5
and yes, a new year's resolution,....I will post pics. uh, this was 2019, uncle lat. Wha' happen?
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Post by Latitude33 on Mar 1, 2021 1:03:05 GMT -5
uh, this was 2019, uncle lat. Wha' happen? Uh, Covid?!
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 1, 2021 9:12:43 GMT -5
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Post by binnylou on Mar 1, 2021 9:34:36 GMT -5
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Post by centralilrookie on Apr 1, 2021 14:34:10 GMT -5
Powdered milk, Epson salts and corn meal bought today. I’ll pickup the bonemeal tomorrow maybe add a little kelp. Your thoughts?
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Post by reuben on Apr 1, 2021 15:50:16 GMT -5
Critters like to dig it up and eat it. So just beware.
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Post by binnylou on Apr 1, 2021 16:05:15 GMT -5
True...make sure the MM goes in the planting hole and none of it is outside the hole. Until I figured this out, my tomato babies were dug up and molested every night by a raccoon. Every morning, I had to replant the babies.
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Post by reuben on Apr 1, 2021 17:15:10 GMT -5
Well, mine goes in the hole and it still gets dug up. They can smell it, and aren't averse to climbing the 8-10 foot fence to get to it. Truth be told, it kinda makes the mix useless for me.
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 1, 2021 18:14:01 GMT -5
I place MM only in the hole- none on top of the soil- and last year some critter dug 'em all up. A few times. Until I wised up to what was going on. So I built a temporary cage around the section that had tomatoes and chiles. That took care of it. No more digging. No more bodies laying about each morning. It worked great and I got the benefits of MM. I put in stakes in the 4 corners and then wrapped chicken wire around the perimeter and laid more ch wire across the top, tying it in to the sides Then anchored the bottom edges with rocks and pieces of wood. At some point I removed the cage, once I felt the plants were established enough.
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Post by binnylou on Apr 1, 2021 18:38:55 GMT -5
When the electric fence was installed, the critters lost their appetite for MM.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Apr 1, 2021 19:58:00 GMT -5
I always mix Mumsey's with a little finished compost, put it in the bottom of the planting hole, stir it with garden soil, plant the plant, then cover with more garden soil and water. Never a problem with critters (and oh, I do have lots of critters), and my plants do love it.
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Post by centralilrookie on Apr 1, 2021 21:21:30 GMT -5
Last year as I discussed my plan for planting the tomatoes with my neighbor lady she politely informed me that tomato plants “do not” get 5ft tall. I told her that between the Mumsey’s Mix and the well rotted cow manure that the plants would grow out of the tops of the concrete reinforcement mesh cages. Needless to say she was quite impressed and very pleased as she is the one that started the Old German Pink tomatoes plants. Also she got all the tomatoes she wanted and gave many away.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 9, 2021 3:45:44 GMT -5
Mixed up a batch of the stuff yesterday. Found a little blood meal left over from when I used to sprinkle it around for rabbit deterrent. Put that in too. Figure it can't hurt. It was about 1 cup.
I can get a quadruple batch in a 5 qt ice cream bucket.
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