Went into additional details here Let's talk about fertilizer but wanted to post a more traditional fertilizer discussion. Here are a few others for reference
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In the past @Olpea and I discussed this very thing about chemical and calcium. Hard water does reduce the effectiveness of chemicals we know that. We also know if you added vinegar to the water your chemicals would effectively become stronger but not better. Adding vinegar is not a good thing but read the attached article and it explains why. This is not unknown to the farming community in our part of the world as chemicals can become very expensive and they want to know they are work…
This year I’ve switched up my normal cow manure, magnesium, bone meal, biochar, top dressed with wood chip amendments for soil improvement. I’m incorporating in sea minerals, azomite, and mycorrhizae fungi. What methods are you using to improve soil this year? I’ve found fish emulsions far to potent for my fruits because of the high nitrogen content. The list below is materials I ordered for test crops.
http://www.amazon.com/Root-Naturally-Endo-Mycorrhizae-Oz/dp/B00HVKKOEE/ref=pd_sim_lg_9?ie…
I’ve read a deficiency in boron can manifest itself in many ways. Blossom blast and other problems are said to be worse under those conditions. Anyone have experience with blossom blast or boron deficiencies? Those buds that do not have leaves I think are infected with blossom blast. This is the first time I’ve saw the disease outside of books. It greatly reduces fruit set I’m told. I used both copper and antibiotic this spring. This is an Asian pear that I grafted new wood to this spring. S…