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for fertilizers
try concentrates inc or peaceful valley (grow organic.com)for smaller
fertilizer amounts

On 11/7/08, nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org
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>    1. Master Nurserymen where? (Jim Fruth)
>    2. Re: lemon (Jenny Ruth Yasi)
>    3. Moving Citrus (Jim Fruth)
>    4. pH preference in pots (Alan Haigh)
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> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:57:31 -0600
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Master Nurserymen where?
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>     Who would want to buy a 50 lb. bag of fertilizer when only a cupful is
> needed?
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>     When I lived in California, I was able to buy small quantities of
> fertilizers that were/are packaged by an outfit called "Master Nurserymen."
> They re-packaged garden products into 5 lb. and 10 lb. bags.  Apparently
> they haven't discovered the value of the internet yet because I haven't been
> able to find them online.
>     When I first came back to Minnesota in 1992, I contacted Master
> Nurserymen asking how to buy their products and they didn't have a clue
> since they are a wholesale-only company and they (apparently) didn't know if
> any of their retail customers did any mail-order business.
>     Do any of you know how to buy (mail order) from them?  Knowing someone
> who re-packages fertilizers, etc. would be a great help to many of we
> NAFEXers who only need a little of something.
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> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:01:34 -0500
> From: "Jenny Ruth Yasi" <voices@maine.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] lemon
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> Thanks all for the lemon aid! I have a feeling these things will pertain to
> the hibiscus too, I always struggle with whiteflies and aphids, I actually
> release encarsia formosa indoors, and some ladybugs in the spring, but maybe
> it's a humidity thing? I am going to see if that helps the bug scene. Our
> windows used to seem bigger, but now it's a jungle in here!
>
> Yasi
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> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:02:52 -0600
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Moving Citrus
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> Ginda wrote, "It loses a lot of leaves every time I replant it from pot to
> ground or ground to pot.
>
>     When I bring my citrus in or out, I spray them from the top and from the
> bottom with Neem and that seems to prevent the shock of being moved because
> my calamondons never lose leaves after being moved.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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> www.bberryfarm.com
> (877)265-6856 [Store]
> (218)831-7018 [My Cell]
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:51:36 -0500
> From: "Alan Haigh" <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] pH preference in pots
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> When using typical potting mixtures, I was taught in hort-school that you
> calibrate down one point so a plant that likes a pH of 6.5 in typical soil
> would do best with a 5.5 pH in the articficial medium we call potting soil.
> This is because the much higher level of organic matter in potting soil
> changes the chemistry of nutrient availability.  A deeper explanation than
> that is beyond my present grasp.
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