fertigate

For an abundant harvest, fertigate every three or four weeks.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

For the biggest pepper plants you ever grew, fertigate every two weeks.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

But if you want voluminous leaf production during summer, you may want to fertigate it occasionally.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

You can also use the bucket-drip method and fertigate the beans, giving about 25 gallons per 10 row-feet once or twice during the summer.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

Do not bother to fertigate untrellised pole beans grown for dry seed.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

Most of our region's gardens can yield abundantly without any rain at all if only we reduce competition for available soil moisture, judiciously fertigate some vegetable species, and practice a few other water-wise tricks.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

I give this row a little extra width because pea vines run, and I fertigate my Solanaceae, preferring sprawly tomato varieties that may cover an 8-foot-diameter circle.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

_Irrigation: _ It is not essential to heavily fertigate Purple

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

Organic gardeners may fertigate with combinations of fish emulsion and seaweed at the same dilution used for foliar spraying, or with compost/manure tea.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon

Exactly how and when to fertigate each species is explained in Chapter 5.

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon