Re: Re: CULT: Epsom salts (was Borax)

Hi Darm,

You say 'correct the problem' in the fall.  Just what do you do in the fall?

Char
----- Original Message -----
From: "crook" <zone1_5@yahoo.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: Epsom salts (was Borax)


> Hi Ellen:
>  Our soil is naturally acidic here 6.5 ph. But once
> the soil is broke and used for a while the acidic base
> tends to leach out with rain and watering.I guess the
> acidity comes from the spruce and pine forests here.
>  With the above in mind I do it only when the plant
> appears to need the treatment, not when planting.
> After that plants season is done I then rectify the
> problem by replanting. Out of some four hundred plus
> lilies I usually end up treating three or four a year,
> then correct the problem in the fall.
>
>  Hope this answers your question.
>  Darm
>  zone 1 maybe 1.5
>  Hay River NWT
>  Canada
> --- Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- crook <zone1_5@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>> ....Epsom salt is an excellent nutrient releaser
> > and adds
> > acidity to the soil. It somehow makes the nutrients
> > that are
> > locked in the soil more accessible (snip). I find it
> > better then
> > sulfur. <<<
> >
> > This is valuable info especially for those of us who
> > grow
> > apogons = beardless. {In AIS Region One, apogon is
> > the term of
> > choice with yearly apogon sales, etc.
> >
> > >>> I used a couple table spoons full, sprinkled
> > around the
> > plant, scratched in then watered. If a plant is
> > starting to look
> > a little pale it picks it right up. <<<
> >
> > Darm, do you do that when planting and also when it
> > looks like
> > it needs it?
> >
> > Ellen (low of 36 F = 2 C this morning)
> > ===
> > Ellen Gallagher / ellengalla@yahoo.com / USDA Zone
> > 3a in New
> > HampshireUs Northern White Mountains
> >
> > "In 1943, Warren P. Austin of Vermont was the first
> > U.S.
> > Ambassador to the United Nations." (from Wicked Cool
> > Stuff about
> > Vermont)
> >
> >
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