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  • From: Paul Bucciaglia <pbucciaglia AT yahoo.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Boron application
  • Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:47:53 -0800 (PST)

Hi,
 
I was wondering if there are people here with experience with Boron fertilizers?  My soil tests 'very low' on boron and I have deficiency symptoms in broccoli, cauliflower, and celery.  I grow 12 acres organic veg (I have a CSA, lots of different crops all over the fields) on sandy loam soils with about 3%OM.   I was thinking I would broadcast borax (15%B) at 8lb. to the acre (1lb. boron) and disk it in. Additionally, for sensitive crops like broc, I plan to spray solubor at .2 lb/ac B a couple weeks after transplanting.  I was going to cut the borax 50/50 with gypsum which would up my application rate to 16 lb/acre and walk it on with a cyclone seeder in 2 directions.  I was hoping the borax would give me a seasons worth of borax vs. spraying the total field surface with solubor (I read the B in Solubor is very soluble and quickly leached).
 
Any comments or ideas?
 
Thanks,
 
Paul
 


Paul Bucciaglia
Fort Hill Farm
Organic Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers
18 Fort Hill Rd.
New Milford CT 06776
(860) 350-3158
www.forthillfarm.com


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