[NAFEX] Preventing Plant Shock

loneroc loneroc at mwt.net
Thu Dec 23 17:28:55 EST 2004


Jim,

I can give a testimonial for Superthrive as well.  I also use a liquid
IBA/NAA rooting compound as first choice since I usually have some around to
start cuttings.  If  I ain't got no rootin' hormone, then I'll soak the
roots of transplants in a Superthrive dilution.  I put sugar in the soaking
water, as well.  Occasionally I'll add a fungicide.

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI    USDA zone 3, but I'm giving Zone 3 a last
chance this winter, then I'm a-gonna call my climate a zone 4.  I've based
my zone assessment on occasional Xtreeeeem winter lows, when we have
hit -53F.  In my eight years in this place I have probably dipped
below -40F/C twice.  I've dropped below -30F a couple times, too.  And
hit -22F in the first week of April.  But I don't have the dry,
continuous -30F temps that would bring me to the frigidity of Jim or Del or
Dean or Berni or good ole Aroostook, ME.  So if I don't get a really cold
temp this winter, I'm going to join the ranks of you wussy denizens of zone
4.  Stay tuned...

Merry Xmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day and a belated Hanukkah/Chanukah, etc.

.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth at uslink.net>
To: <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 2:04 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Preventing Plant Shock


>     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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