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Fertilizer For Sweet Potatoes And Melons

Categories: Soils, Fertilizers and Irrigation

I have sandy soil that has been used for sweet potatoes until it is worn

out for that crop, and would like your advice as to the best fertilizer

to use. Also, what fertilizer would be best for melons on land that has

been planted to melons for the past three years?



There is not much difference in the plant food required by the two crops

you mention, but both evidently need a freshened soil and an increase of

humus. We should apply a half ton to the acre of a complete fertilizer,

of which any dealer can give you descriptions and prices. If you wish to

do a good job, start a growth of peas or vetches or burr clover, and sow

the fertilizer evenly with the seed. Plow the growth under in February

and roll (as the soil is sandy) to close down and promote the decay of

the green stuff, which ought to be so well accomplished by the date that

it is safe to plant sweet potatoes or melons that it will give no

trouble in summer cultivation.



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