Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Word to the wise re fertilizer

Heppy,
I have pretty good soil. I like mixes such as yours (actually love the sunflower/milo/millet/bean mix), rotate legumes for nitrogen fixation with nitrogen lovers, and every few years throw a complete curveball at it. Nature doesn't seem to like a routine so I'm always mixing it up. I also don't mind weeds all that much as they usually tell me a story of what the soil needs and points towards what to do next. But, an example of one of the things I do to combat things I don't want is I'll throw cereal grains and chicory into my perennial clover plots every fall to use up excess nitrogen... discourages foxtail or cool season grasses (nitrogen lovers). No secrets.