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

Doreen Howard said, "I'm thinking the lime is tying up the boron, making it 
unavailable.  I may be wrong, though, as I stayed at a Holiday Inn six 
months ago and am not an agronomist."

   If calcium is tying up boron, it would be via a mechanism that I'm not 
aware of.  May I ask, "Do you live in the Eastern part of the United 
States?"  If so, consider that many of those areas have been under 
cultivation for two centuries and micronutrients may be depleted.  Maybe it 
is time to add some boron but, before you do, get a soil test to learn just 
how much you need; it will only cost you about twenty dollars.  Get an email 
off to A & L Laboratories ( www.algreatlakes.com  ) and ask them how to 
proceed.
   If your land is in an area where limestone is close to the surface, your 
land may not have had very much boron to start with.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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