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    4-Week-Old Peppers

    This year's Yum Yums hybrids are looking decent at 4 weeks. Just translated them into 4 inch pots and gave them their first fertilizing (other than what I added to my soil mix).
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    Composting on the Homestead: An Eco-Friendly Solution to Sustainable Agriculture

    I been doing an Aerated Inoculating Compost Pile and an Aerated Static Pile (ASP).
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    Homemade Fertilizer

    Hello and thank you. I'm in Stark County, not too far from Hartville.
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    Homemade Fertilizer

    @flowerbug Thank You. Different area, I'm in NE Ohio. The Coorked Creek name comes from the creek that runs through most of the farms around here.
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    Homemade Fertilizer

    If it's pure Epsom Salts, it should be nothing more than Magnesium Sulfate. Magnesium Sulfate is a Micro-nutrient, so plants don't need much of it. Most all soils contain a sufficient amount of Magnesium for plants as long as it's healthy and contains organic mater. A good way to add Magnesium...
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    Homemade Fertilizer

    That depends on your soil, most soil types don't really need added magnesium. Unless you get tons of rain, your soil in extremely high in potassium or you have very sandy soil you shouldn't need to add Magnesium. A good soil test will tell you if you would befit from added magnesium or not...
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    Homemade Fertilizer

    Only if your soil in depleted in Magnesium, keep in mind Magnesium is Micro-nutrient plants need very little of it. Increasing Magnesium around the root zone can in fact cause Blossom End Rot just the same as too much Ammonium Nitrate or the lack of Calcium in the soil or the lack of Calcium...
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