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Show Fertilizer Use Urged For Lawn And Garden A survey of 278 home gar dens in $ix Utah counties last season indicates that home gardeners arc not using enough nitrogen fertilizer for best quality and high yields of sweet corn, says Dr. How-ward B. Peterson, agronomy department head at USU. Eighty-two per cent of the ' gardens observed, says Dr. Peterson, showed a corn crop vyith nitrogen deficienies. Evidence of the nitrogen lack is seen in. the light green color of the leaves, and in ears that (continued on next page) - are short and not filled with kernels. "A proper balance of nitrogen and moisture In the soil is usually the key to high yields of good suality sweet corn according to Dr. Peterson. "Nitrogen also hastens the rate and uniformity of maturity." Nitrogen may be applied as manure or by adding commercial nitrogen fertilizer two or three times during the growing season. It is practical to spread commercial fertilizer between rows during the growing season. This should be done .often enough to keep plants a dark l green color. Dr. Peterson rcoTimands cither broadcast or banding with a fertilizer drill. a pound of ammonium nitrate or 1.6 pounds of ammonium sulfate for each 200 square feet, three times during the season. Applied fertilizer can be beneficial as late as silking time. |
