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["Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>]

Tanis Grif asked:  "Did anyone mention soil tests?  I wonder how much of the 
vigorous growth/ regrowth
might be from soil too fertile for best performance?"


Tanis,
   Good that you asked that.  My Illinois Everbearing grows 4' per year and 
could well be responding to excess fertilizer.  When I get my soil tests 
back, I mix fertilizer for optimal raspberry production and nearly 
everything gets the same mixture.  What is best for raspberries is excessive 
for trees and insufficient for vegetables.  I say "nearly everything" 
because acid-loving plants get a different mixture as do troubled areas that 
need an upgrade.  The only problem with excessive fertilizer has affected 
peaches which tend to not want to harden off early enough in the Fall

Jim Fruth
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