Fertilizer Shortage Seen Not
Harming Vegetable Producers
Possible shortages of
fertilizer, and accompanying
high prices, should create no
serious problem for most
commercial vegetable
growers of Pennsylvania, a
plant scientist announced
dming the annual Vegetable
Conference February 11 to 13
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tain good results in 1974 by
spending no more for fer
tilizer than they paid out in
1973, stated Dr. Cyril B.
Smith, professor of plant
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Smith said commercial
vegetable growers of Penn
sylvania have a “soil bank”
rich in plant foods, to supply
a higher .percentage of
needed nutrients.
“There probably never
was a better time to use
some of the fertilizer
ceserves existing in the soils
of most Pennsylvania
vegetable farms,” he af
firmed.
What is often needed is not
a whole range of plant
nutrients in large amounts
but small quantities of
certain nutrients to balance
out the needs of a crop, he
pointed out. For several
years Dr. Smith and
associates have carried out
extensive experiments with
various fertilizer treat
ments, especially on snap
beans and sweet corn.
For instance, in eight snap
bean experiments in 1973,
the best overall response
came from applications of 25
pounds of nitrogen and 60
pounds of phosphate per
acre. Dr. Smith said long
range studies indicated
adequate levels of potash for
and conserve your working capital (4) It will help
stretch out fuel supplies because well maintained
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help prevent breakdowns and lost
field time assuring efficient
application of fertilizers and other
inputs which may be in
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1974 vegetable crops.
"The first small quantities
of fertilizer usually give a
high percentage of the
potential response from a
crop. Small amounts of
fertilizer needed for com
mercial vegetable crops in
1974 can be applied in bands
along the rows,” he
suggested.
He observed that potash
should not be applied to
vegetable crops unless
recommended by a soil test.
Potash seldom gives a
favorable response with
vegetables and can upset the
nutrient balance if applied in
excess.
Strong evidence from
experiments shows that
magnesium should not be
applied in fertilizer for snap
beans and sweet com. In
addition, potash and
magnesium should not be
applied together since one
counteracts the effects of the
other. Where needed,
magnesium should be ap
plied in lime.
“All this means that
lime is a better bargain than
ever since it has not in
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creased appreciably in
price. Adequate liming will
increase the effectiveness of
fertilizer and can supply
magnesium when needed,”
he concluded.
Charles J. Noll, associate
professor of vegetable
science at Penn State,
reported quackgrass is a
greater threat to nor
theastern agriculture than
any other single pest. He
advised vegetable growers
that the best place to bring
quackgrass under control is
in a cornfield.
Professor Noll said the
term eradication is not used
in connection with most
weed control work. A field
where quackgrass has been
99 per cent controlled can,
without further treatment,
become 100 per cent infected
in four years.
He suggested that the
chemical AAtrex should be
applied to quackgrass in
early spring or early fall. If
the weed is 6 to 8 inches tall,
an oil should be used with the
spray mixture to give a more
lasting effect.
Following treatment, the
quackgrass should be left
undisturbed for 6 to 8 weeks
before plowing. The spring
application can be applied to
plowed or unplowed fields as
early as possible.
A second AAtrex treat
ment should follow com
planting as a pre-emergence
application. Herbicide
residue in the soil will
require the farmer to plant
corn in the same fields the
next growing season.
Substitute Dowpon M for
late summer or early
treatments the following
spring, Noll said, at a rate of
15 pounds per acre in the fall
or 8 pounds per acre the
following spring. A delay in
planting of from 4 to 6 weeks
is needed to avoid injury to
the com crop.
There may be a fuel
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Calendar
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Unionvllle. Production of
com, alfalfa, soybeans as
feed and cash crops.
12:30 p.m. • DHIA Workshop,
Elizabethtown Trust
Company, Washington
St., Elizabethtown.
7:00 p.m. - Atlantic Breeders
Co-op meeting, Blue Ball
Fire Hall.
7:30 p.m. - Poultry
Education meeting,
Farm and Home Center,
Lancaster.
Northern Lancaster County
4-H Soil and Water
Conservation club
meeting.
Friday, February 22
10:00 a.m. - Atlantic
Breeders Co-op meeting,
Penn Township Fire Hall,
Huntsdale.
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related personnel records.
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