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Quoting Kieran and Donna <redherring@tnaccess.com>:

> We have a botany fanatic here that I like to talk with, when I said
> that all
> the pecans we'd planted in our bad clay soil had died , he pointed
> out that
> they need zinc.  It was another of those forehead slapping
> realizations, oh
> of course!  If any plant has a high need for any particular
> element, you can
> be sure that we will need to add it.  Okay, boron to make the
> apples grow,
> zinc to make the pecans grow, anything else we need to know?   
> Donna

My container citrus perked up and started acting happy when I began
adding a tablespoon per gallon of Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) to
their regular fertilizer regimen.  The orchard citrus perked up too. 
None of the fertilizers I had been using contained any significant
amount of magnesium.

.....Alan.



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