To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] sulfur-- mixing, applying
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 05:18:33 -0800 (PST)
Can someone describe the best method for getting the fine sulfur powder to
mix with
and suspend in water, for use in spraying?
--- lee reich <> wrote:
> There are the same thing, elemental sulfur. The sulfur used as
> fungicide is dusted or mixed with water so is a fine powder and more
> expensive. I like to use pelletized sulfur for acidifying the soil
> because it's cheap and doesn't make dust when you spread it. The
> pelletized sulfur is just elemental sulfur compressed into lentil-sized
> pellets.
>
> Lee Reich, PhD
> www.leereich.com
>
>
> On Mar 7, 2005, at 8:23 PM, rob hamilton wrote:
>
> > This may be a silly question, but can you use the same
> > sulfer used for fungicide to acidify the soil?
> >
> > Rob
> >