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Would this also hold for shagbark hickories in zones 5 to 4?

Tanis Cuff, s.WI, where shagbarks are weeds and pecans are pipe-dreams



--- Topgun  wrote:

> I worked with zinc and zinc sulphate on pecans for 25 years. We recommended 
> 5 lbs
> of zinc sulphate for pecan trees 20 yrs old or older on sandy soils and 10 
> lbs per
> tree on clay solis. On younger pecan trees, 1/4 th lb per inch of trunk 
> diameter.
> This does not work on alkaline soils however. The zinc and calcium react 
> forming
> zinc carbonate which is insoluble. A little bit in a compost pile should be 
> plenty
> as stated in a previous post.
> 
>                                                                 R. D. O'Barr
>                                                                 Zone 7



                
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