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  • From: lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tree Protection
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:22:13 -0500

Calcium magnesium acetate is another ice melting salt that is relatively benign.

Lee Reich, PhD

Books by Lee Reich:
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
A Northeast Gardener's Year
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening



On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

    The walkway through my orchard becomes too icy to navigate in Winter.
The trees do not like  any of the commercial ice melters and I have come
upon something new.  Some folks around here use commercial fertilizer which
barely works.  What works better on the ice is Calcium Nitrate and/or
Ammonium Nitrate that I buy from my greenhouse supply company.
-- 

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN
www.bberryfarm.com
Jams, Jellies and Syrups



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