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What's Growing On, Beehaw? Weekly Garden Chat
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Harvested some asparagus and solomon's seal shoots the other day, they were delicious. Dogwoods are leafing out and some early iris blooms are opening. Most daffodils have lost their petals. My fava beans don't look so great, I think I planted them in too much woodchip mulch. They have flowers, though. I was debating fertilizing them with urine - any thoughts? I generally avoid fertilizing legumes, but the thick woodchip mulch might be an exception?
Diluted urine would likely be okay, lots of nitrogen and a decent source of trace elements to boot. It's definitely been a boon in some of our heavily wood chipped gardens
Nice, any thoughts about fertilizing fava beans in particular? I have heard that nitrogen fertilizers cause poor yields for legumes. Maybe it's poor yields either way at this point, so I might as well try ๐
Phosphorus is what you really want for better fruit set, and the normal range present in urine is 68-874mg/g in males and 56-846mg/g in females, so you'll be supporting that aspect of their development as well.
nice, thank you!