Now that we are starting to see some tassels on our corn plants it is time to fertilize them, so we can harvest more corn cobs. Earlier, We did a few treatments of fish emulsion, which is high in Nitrogen, (which is great for encouraging vegetative, non-reproductive, growth). Now we are switching over to peanut husks, (you know the thin little shells around the peanut, inside the shell). Peanut husk is very high in Phosphorus and Potassium, which is great for encouraging reproductive growth.
We placed the peanut husk into a barrel and added water. We let it sit for a few days, so that the nutrients would seep into the water. Next, we dumped the mixture over a screen into a stock tank. This separated out the bigger pieces so we could pump the remainder directly onto the corn plants.
Here are our advanced tools: a shovel and a bucket.
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