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Joze (Joe Ailts)

Deer Park, WI

Would like to sample the crowd- aside from Myco dust, what else do you add to your vine trenches to encourage secondary root growth?

8/3/2011 9:25:21 AM

HEAVY D

43.841677 , -79.086692

Granular humic.

8/3/2011 9:46:51 AM

NP

Pataskala,OH

Rootsheild in trench. Actinovate and Azos through drip irrigation system.

8/3/2011 9:51:03 AM

croley bend

Williamsburg,KY

Powdered humic.

8/3/2011 10:03:03 AM

Jason

Preston CT

Actinovate plus iron and bio enod plus that has all the goodies in it already...

8/3/2011 10:43:59 AM

North Shore Boyz

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Granular humic.

8/3/2011 11:22:10 AM

WiZZy

Little-TON - Colorado

Granular humic, AZo, Yum Yum Yum, Mycho,Immiclaprod

8/3/2011 11:32:33 AM

abbynormal

Johnston, R.I.

Nothing

8/3/2011 11:41:02 AM

benny_p

Germany

patch soil

8/3/2011 12:07:21 PM

Kevin Snyder (TEAM HAMMER)

[email protected]

It's a secret.

8/3/2011 12:10:34 PM

Big City Grower (Team coming out of retirement )

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

I dont think that there is enough room to list it all. ;)

8/3/2011 12:44:16 PM

CRB KinZ

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

Well I have put most of the same things in there as most others but for about the last few feet of the secondaries I have been adding some granular sulfate of potash in granular form and Alternating some vines with 0-50-32 aswell.

8/3/2011 1:09:13 PM

Andy W

Western NY

rocks

8/3/2011 1:20:41 PM

diamondlady(Christine)

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Rocks and mega weeds...

8/3/2011 1:35:14 PM

huffspumpkins

canal winchester ohio

AK-47, 24 pack of Bud light & some Hank Jr cd's..oops. Mycorrhiza, powder humic & kelp.

8/3/2011 1:41:30 PM

WiZZy

Little-TON - Colorado

Now you guyZ...thiZ iZ a serious post.....!

8/3/2011 1:52:22 PM

benny_p

Germany

@Wiz : Immiclaprod = Imidacloprid ?
I know that as insecticide. Is that staff promoting root growth ?

8/3/2011 5:33:19 PM

WiZZy

Little-TON - Colorado

Yes Benny...same stuff....MERIT

8/3/2011 5:49:24 PM

Iowegian

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

Jobes Organics and Espoma Garden Tone (organic fertilizer with 20 different beneficial bacteria and mico)

8/3/2011 5:51:37 PM

Pumpkin Shepherd

Georgetown, Ontario

granular humic, powdered kelp, jersey greensand, Moon Dust, 0-0-50

8/3/2011 5:59:49 PM

Pumpkin Buck

Wisconsin

I think you boys from western Wisconsin should be telling "US" what your putting in your trenches! :)

8/3/2011 7:02:30 PM

John-D-Farmer

Breslau, Ontario, Canada

granular Humic, Kelp, Azos, Pumpkin Pro

8/3/2011 9:28:18 PM

CountyKid (PECPG)

Picton,ON ([email protected])

Granular Humic, Root Shield, RTI Myco

8/3/2011 10:42:41 PM

John-D-Farmer

Breslau, Ontario, Canada

forgot to mention, I have also been spraying each node with a liquid rooting stimulant.

8/4/2011 4:37:46 AM

Brooks B

Ohio

I add on whole wheat(no white) toast,penut butter and jelly sandwiches,and also a pinch of merit to kill the ants, works like a charm.

8/4/2011 9:24:24 AM

Jeremy Robinson

Buffalo, New York

i add soil in my trenches

8/4/2011 7:43:52 PM

1234567890

New Hampshire, USA

Granular 10 10 10

8/4/2011 9:28:54 PM

Andy W

Western NY

ok Wiz, I'll get serious, but I want to see Joe's answer too.

here's mine: manure, worm castings, corn meal, alfalfa meal, charcoal, myco, wetted with a solution of actinovate, companion, and azos. most of the time, those are most of the ingredients, depending on the situation.

8/4/2011 11:27:26 PM

Monster Grower

Redmond, Washington; U.S.A.

Granular Organic 8-2-4 derived from(dried Poultry waste, feather meal, sulphate of potash, Rock Phosphate... This year I also added RTI MYCO and 1% Humisolve Granular Humic, that I got at our Awesome spring meeting in Oregon.

8/5/2011 12:10:22 AM

WiZZy

Little-TON - Colorado

Very nice, very nice...I want to start a trench soil pile..idea for next year...often timeZ this year soil was way to wet to bury...needed dry soil..so next year, thatZ on the list, then I can spice up the pile..

8/5/2011 10:11:41 AM

Joze (Joe Ailts)

Deer Park, WI

MF, granular humic, kelp powder, azos, actino, and a timed release N-P-K-Ca similar to "Osmocote".

8/5/2011 5:01:47 PM

Pumpkin Buck

Wisconsin

I add a mix of 50/50 RTI/Hollands myco, granular humic and kelp powder. Thanks for the tips Joe! Your input on this website is incredible!

8/5/2011 5:22:48 PM

Monster Grower

Redmond, Washington; U.S.A.

Joze, by similar to osmocote do you mean temperature activated or do you use a h2o activated fert. like apex. Nice post thanx for the info. -Ryan

8/5/2011 7:27:13 PM

Big City Grower (Team coming out of retirement )

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

very nice now i know what to use

8/6/2011 2:46:51 AM

Ken D.

Connecticut, USA

Early in the season I used blood meal along with Pumpkin Pro, Root Shield and humic.

8/6/2011 7:50:15 AM

Joze (Joe Ailts)

Deer Park, WI

I use miracle grow brand timed release. Im not sure if its temp or moisture activated, although im assuming that product is moisture. Here's a link to the product for those who'd like to investigate:

http://www.libertypet.com/Miracle-Gro-Shake-n-Feed-Tomato-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Plant-Food-Plus-Calcium-45lbs_p_529.html

Lots of great suggestions in this post, thanks to all that contributed.

8/6/2011 10:41:55 AM

Monster Grower

Redmond, Washington; U.S.A.

Thank you Joze!!!

8/7/2011 6:50:56 PM

Jeremy B

Dresden, Ohio

test

11/21/2011 12:44:11 PM

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