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- From: "Peg Cook" <pegcook AT northnet.org>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Lowering PH Naturally
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 07:11:07 -0500
Lawerence,
The Rose Dusting powders that I have seen contain Copper Sulfate as the
fungicide. In this case you would NOT want to put this on as a Sulfur
source to lower pH because of Copper being a heavy metal which could come
back to haunt you as a toxcity problem down the road!
Peg Cook
Cook's Consulting
pegcook AT northnet.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lflondon AT mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: market-farming
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Lowering PH Naturally
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:02:38 -0500, "Peg Cook" <pegcook AT northnet.org>
> wrote:
> >If you use elemental
> >sulfur, which is a very fine dust and you should wear a dusk mask when
using
> >it because it is such a fine powder, then, only apply 1 Lb/100 sq.ft.
The
> >elemental sulfur would react almost immediately with moisture and prill
> >would begin reacting within about a month if moisture is sufficient.
>
> Is rose dusting sulphur the elemental sulphur you describe above?
> The kind you buy in garden centers for control of rose diseases is a
> fine powder and is definitely water soluble. Are there any other
> substances in it? Are there other forms of elemental suplhur and where
> could they be purchased?
>
> Lawrence F. London, Jr. Venaura Farm
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Lowering PH Naturally,
Chris Labeots, 03/08/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Lucy Goodman-Owsley, 03/08/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Peg Cook, 03/08/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, CAVM, 03/08/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Peg Cook, 03/09/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Peg Cook, 03/09/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Peg Cook, 03/09/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Brian Caldwell, 03/10/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Peg Cook, 03/10/2000
- Re: Lowering PH Naturally, Peg Cook, 03/11/2000
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