To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Rambling thoughts on Shellbarks, shagbarks
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:02:00 -0400
Quoting Kieran and Donna <redherring@tnaccess.com>:
> We have a botany fanatic here that I like to talk with, when I said
> that all
> the pecans we'd planted in our bad clay soil had died , he pointed
> out that
> they need zinc. It was another of those forehead slapping
> realizations, oh
> of course! If any plant has a high need for any particular
> element, you can
> be sure that we will need to add it. Okay, boron to make the
> apples grow,
> zinc to make the pecans grow, anything else we need to know?
> Donna
My container citrus perked up and started acting happy when I began
adding a tablespoon per gallon of Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) to
their regular fertilizer regimen. The orchard citrus perked up too.
None of the fertilizers I had been using contained any significant
amount of magnesium.
.....Alan.
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