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- From: Bob Hartman <hartmansfruittrees@wport.com>
- To: Dennis Norton <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:08:45 -0800
A good way to spread the apple maggot if there are some in the
apples. I wouldn't recommend it for that reason. Bob Hartman Western Washington Dennis Norton wrote: For those of you who may make your own apple cider, the apple pulp left from cider manufacture is a good source for acid loving plants. Since we manufacture about 5,000 gallons a season, we have plenty of pulp to use. We have a conveyer attached to our cider press that carries the pulp to the outside of our building and dumps the pulp into a manure spreader. We then hook up the spreader to a tractor and spread it between our raspberry plant rows. Rarely do we have to add additional supplement because the apple pulp usually does the job. We repeat this process every time we make cider every season. Dennis Norton Royal Oak Farm Orchard http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@uslink.net> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:47 AM Subject: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availabilityA few weeks, or so, ago, someone proposed the hypothesis that acid-loving plants don't need a low pH so long as sufficient nutrients are abundantly available. I asked someone who should know as much as anyone and here is his reply: I would tend to agree with the pH issue, except that the acid loving plants are not capable of taking up nutrients unless the soil pH is acidic. I have seen a lot of blueberry plants fail because the pH was too high even though adequate nutrients were available for good plant health of other plants. Aluminum sulfate should probably be avoided. Ammonium sulfate as a nitrogen source will help keep the soil pH lower too. Happy New Year! Dave ------------------------------------------------- David K. Wildung Professor and Center Horticulturist University of Minnesota_______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/ |
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[NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability,
Jim Fruth, 01/05/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability,
Dennis Norton, 01/05/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability,
AL PERNICHELE, 01/05/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability, Naomi, 01/05/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] apple pulp - Low pH and fertilizer availability,
Diane Whitehead, 01/05/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] apple pulp - Low pH and fertilizer availability, Dennis Norton, 01/06/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability, Dennis Norton, 01/06/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability,
Bob Hartman, 01/05/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability, Dennis Norton, 01/06/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability, Dennis Norton, 01/06/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability,
AL PERNICHELE, 01/05/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Low pH and fertilizer availability,
Dennis Norton, 01/05/2006
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