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[Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>]

I just ordered some of the KDL and spoke with the folks in the office 
there.  There is one update that people should know about. They now 
recommend mixing the KDL with a calcium product called Sysstem Cal (the 
name does have all those s's). One purpose of the Cal product is to 
increase absorption by stems and buds when there are not many leaves 
present.  It also balances out the alkalinity of the KDL.

The recommended dose is 1 oz of Sysstem Cal and 3 oz of KDL per gallon 
of water.

I'm looking forward to testing this out. If it works, it could make a 
huge difference, as we almost always lose fruit to late frosts.

Regards,

Jay

Jay Cutts
Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
Lead Author, Barron's Test Prep Publications
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On 4/8/2012 7:35 PM, Dan Nave wrote:
> Here is an article about KDL, with some quotations from Bob Purvis.
>
> <http://www.agro-k.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68%3Akdl-frost&catid=3%3Anewsflash&Itemid=18>
>
> Dan
>
> On 4/8/2012 7:42 PM, Dan Nave wrote:
> > The weather forecast for freezing temperatures this next week in the upper 
> > Midwest changes daily,
> > but it seems that it will happen on Monday and Tuesday night.
> >
> > Because of the early spring and the early flowering and growth on many plants 
> > I want to avoid having
> > the frost kill off all the flowers and juvenile fruit.  It seems that most of 
> > my plants have
> > flowered or are flowering right now.  Apricots are pretty much done 
> > flowering, Nanking cherries have
> > only a few blooms left, Plum is in mid bloom, Red and Black currants as well 
> > as Jostaberry are in
> > mid bloom, Carmine Jewel Bush Cherry is starting to bloom, Shadbush 
> > Serviceberry is near end of
> > bloom, and Regent Serviceberry is just ready to bloom.
> >
> >     Bob Purvis has noted in the Apricot Interest Group that KDL (Potassium 
> > Dextrose Lactose) is a
> > potassium spray which is supposed to give up to 7 degrees of additional 
> > protection during a freeze.
> > In spite of a very, very strange Indian woman who answered the phone at 
> > Agro-K in NE Minneapolis and
> > didn't want to tell me what the company hours were because she wanted to 
> > leave early on Good Friday,
> > I managed to get a gallon of KDL for $22 plus tax.  The expert there 
> > mentioned Bob Purvis and
> > recommended that we use 3 ounces per gallon and adjust the pH by adding 3 
> > ounces of household white
> > vinegar.
> >
> > I had already gotten a Stanley brand 4 gallon Backpack Sprayer which is a 
> > little awkward to hoist
> > around but once you get it on your back it is incredibly convenient and easy 
> > to use.  So, today I
> > sprayed all the plants mentioned above with the KDL and will see how well 
> > everything comes through.
> > Probably sprayed a bit heavier than I needed to, but...
> >
> > Dan
> > Zone 4a 4b St. Paul, Minnesota
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