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Who used RTI's Nitrogen Fizing Azos and/or their CO2 spray?? If you used either what where your results like and how did you like the products? Do you know of any giants grown off of it?

Martin

10/15/2010 1:26:36 PM

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Martin, I can tell you that a lot of growers used it, and a lot were very successful to various degrees.
I think that if you are searching to see if these products were the sole contributors to a great season, your inquiry isn’t going to be very enlightening. CO2 and Azos are very good pieces of the larger puzzle on how to grow smarter, and maybe more efficiently.
I don’t think that there is any one product out there that is going to give you that WR fruit. As a whole the growing community has shifted to growing smarter, learning more about keeping the soil healthy, soil biology, bio fungicides, beneficial bacteria, how to balance the soil, and how to use products and techniques that will be more effective and efficient. If you ask 10 different successful growers how they grew their monsters, you will get a few different answers.
Different geographical areas with diverse soil types and climate, not to mention the varying degree of prep and grower knowledge play a big factor in how well a season will turn out.

10/15/2010 8:00:33 PM

Colorado Springs, CO

Good seed, good soil, good weather, good luck....and many hours of tedious care and nurturing.

Most important ?....good soil.

10/16/2010 9:35:40 AM

Upa Creek, MO

Martin, I used some of the CO2 spray via Extreme for the hot spell this year and liked it. It definitely helped my plant given it was a generic AG. The leaves seemed to be more tolerant of the heat.

Tom, great post. I am an avid fisherman and your post reminds me of big fish\types and water quality in general. What keeps both pumpkin growing and fishing interesting is there are 1000 pieces to each puzzle and some pieces are bigger than the others. Unfortunately I can't decipher either. LOL

10/16/2010 11:20:44 AM

Hey Tom quick question for you- How long is the shelf life once used for the Nitrogen fixing Azos, CO2 fixing spray and the organic companion?

Thanks
Martin

10/16/2010 11:24:43 AM

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If you keep all of the above out of direct sunlight and freezing, there is no shelf life on CO2 or Azos, Companion should be good for atleast 2 seasons.

10/16/2010 2:08:37 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

Now about the shelf life of myco.

10/16/2010 3:31:55 PM

Kiowa, Colorado

I was wondering the same thing about myco also...

10/17/2010 11:47:51 AM

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2 years, The RTI product that we carry are all stamped with an expiration date of two years as should all Mycorrhiza.

10/17/2010 1:10:16 PM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

myco affected by freezing at all??

10/18/2010 1:28:57 PM

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yep, do not let it freeze.

10/18/2010 4:54:31 PM

Kiowa, Colorado

I guess I better get mine in the cellar then! ;-)

10/19/2010 2:32:10 AM