[NAFEX] Preventing Plant Shock
list at ginda.us
list at ginda.us
Thu Dec 23 16:26:57 EST 2004
Thanks. could you describe in a little more detail how you treat the
plants? I have trouble with this tree suffering shock twice every year
- when I take it out and when I bring it in. Advice would be much
appreciated. (although it always recovers.)
Ginda
On Dec 23, 2004, at 3:04 PM, Jim Fruth wrote:
> Ginda Fisher said: "When it got cold, I brought it in. Then it
> dropped all its leaves and started to grow new leaves and branches."
> Here in Minnesota, and perhaps a few other states, nursery people
> don't
> seem to know what vitamin B-1 might be used for in the plant world.
> When I
> lived in California, it could be found on most any reputable
> nurseryman's
> shelf. Vitamin B-1 is used to prevent/treat plant shock. I,
> personally,
> have had about an eighty percent success rate with it and highly
> recommend
> it to anyone who transplants or moves plants. For those who can't find
> Vitamin B-1, I have used a product called 'Superthrive" with equal
> success.
> I've seen Superthrive listed in Mellingers' and other catalogs.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Pequot Lakes, MN
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