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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: <1corey AT bellsouth.net>, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] fertilizers
  • Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:34:56 -0600

Pam

Thanks for your response. I was a little concerned of something like that.
But I'd like to hear from others as well. Any different perspectives?

Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist - Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html


>Bill,
>
>I will tell you my experience last year. I have a greenhouse in which I
grow
>9000 strawberry plants. I do not use anything but organic products on the
>exterior of the plants, and last year, decided I also wanted to use organic
>fertilizer in the drip system. The result was I completely clogged my
system,
>and killed all of my plants. I went to our local hydroponic expert who
>operates a store in our area, and while like me, a believer in going
organic,
>said that I should never, ever use an organic fertilizer in my drip system.
So
>I will not try that again. I then had to purchase peroxide from him to
"boil"
>out my system - not fun. So from my perspective, I wouldn't recommend it.
>
>Pam
>Rose Hill Plantation
>






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