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- From: "Mike Emers" <rosie-ck AT mosquitonet.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Boron application
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:46:31 -0900
We’ve spread fertibor
at 2-5 lbs/acre mixed in with our fish bone meal (a local product) prior to
planting. I’ve also spread solubor as a foliar feeding with kelp. At what time in the plant’s life
is the best time to do a foliar feeding - say for broccoli or
cauliflower? Mike Emers Rosie Creek Farm -----Original Message----- we run it through drip tape at very low rates
(solubor). spoon feeding we like that.
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 commen ts or ideas? Thanks, Paul
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[Market-farming] Boron application,
Paul Bucciaglia, 02/26/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Boron application,
zaid, 02/27/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Boron application, Mike Emers, 02/27/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Boron application, Robert Schuler, 02/27/2006
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