G&H Farms

[Kdog]

My plan was to overwhelm them. I was going to have about ten acres of flowers, but the planting didnt go so good and I ended up with less than half that.

That should still make for a good shoot.

 

[SwampCat]

Minerals/nutrients of increased fish poop are rocket fuel to phytoplankton

Hence the green color from the algae bloom

bill

That is my goal, and I like the color of the water now - but I worry now about to much of a nutrient load over fertilizing the pond. I still have to get most of the catfish gone.

 

[SwampCat]

That should still make for a good shoot.

With sunflowers, they are planted early enough so that if there is some kind of crop failure, you can follow with millet - so I will also have about three or four acres of millet to go with the flowers. I have found, at least at my place, you can have ten acres of millet and or sunflowers - and you might have a barrel burner shoot and you might not see one. Last year, I had ten acres of millet and did not see one. The year before, ten acres of millet and fast and furious. I always have a lot of doves early Aug - they dont always stay until early Sep and I have not figured out how to convince them to stay.

 

[KY wild]

That is my goal, and I like the color of the water now - but I worry now about to much of a nutrient load over fertilizing the pond. I still have to get most of the catfish gone.

I have played with this bloom in a pond and read up on it over the last few years. When you cause the bloom by fertilizing or by feeding then you increase the carrying capacity of the pond by a bunch like for example it use to support 500 pounds of fish and now supports 1000 pounds of fish. Which is great but problem is if you ever decrease the amount of nutrients like you quit feeding anytime in the future then you have a problem, simply more fish than can survive. Also seems to be big change with just short term feeding, did any fertilizer hit ground around pond that could of washed in to the water?

 

[SwampCat]

I have played with this bloom in a pond and read up on it over the last few years. When you cause the bloom by fertilizing or by feeding then you increase the carrying capacity of the pond by a bunch like for example it use to support 500 pounds of fish and now supports 1000 pounds of fish. Which is great but problem is if you ever decrease the amount of nutrients like you quit feeding anytime in the future then you have a problem, simply more fish than can survive. Also seems to be big change with just short term feeding, did any fertilizer hit ground around pond that could of washed in to the water?

Yes, for sure - there is a five acre field in a half moon around the pond that has been fertilized this year - as last - and the pond has never been this green. BUT, we have also had 30” of rain since Apr 1. It is probably a combination of the two

 

[Kdog]

With sunflowers, they are planted early enough so that if there is some kind of crop failure, you can follow with millet - so I will also have about three or four acres of millet to go with the flowers. I have found, at least at my place, you can have ten acres of millet and or sunflowers - and you might have a barrel burner shoot and you might not see one. Last year, I had ten acres of millet and did not see one. The year before, ten acres of millet and fast and furious. I always have a lot of doves early Aug - they dont always stay until early Sep and I have not figured out how to convince them to stay.

Let me know when you figure it out!

I have learned that concentrated birds are better than birds spread over 10 acres when you do not have enough shooters.