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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt
- From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:21:05 -0400
On 11-07-28 09:51 AM, pureprairiefarm AT gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> Generally, pith issues is a boron deficiency. Boron leaches readily
> So we need to keep up with it.
>
> Maybe put some borax around a couple plants and water it in? Might be
> worth a try. I use boric acid powder found in natural ant and roach
> killers and spray it on the leaves to get it in faster.
Agronomic Borax is 15$ for 10 lbs at my local feed store. I ended up
buying 10l (2.5 gallons) of 10% liquid Solubor for 75$; I should have
enough boron for the next five years. I would look for that instead of
using boric acid.
Dosage is very tricky, as boron can be toxic to plant at fairly low
concentration. I sprayed (with a backpack sprayer) a 0.001% boron
solution by volume, and potatoes responded positively; it didn't killed
the beets either. Of course, your mileage may vary, so read the label
and/or ask your extension agent! :)
But before I would do any of that, I would start with a soil test. Mine
tested boron at 0.54 ppm (using hot water extraction). It's recommended
to supplement boron when soil level is below 1.1 ppm.
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[Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
grizzdover, 07/25/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Etienne Goyer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt, Etienne Goyer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Etienne Goyer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
sunnfarm, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Road's End Farm, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Brian, 07/26/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt, Jackie Jameson, 07/28/2011
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[Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Mike Brabo, 07/27/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/27/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Mike Brabo, 07/28/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Mike Brabo, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/27/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Brian, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Road's End Farm, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
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