More on Kelp and Frost protection
- To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: More on Kelp and Frost protection
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 21:16:40 -0700
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This tidbit of information is from the California Rare Fruit Growers
webpage on backyard frost protection for subtropical-tropical plants.
>Another nutritional technique is to spray all
>plant surfaces with kelp seaweed solution. I use Maxicrop dry
>concentrate at one
>teaspoon per gallon of water. Cytokinins present in the seaweed toughen
>the plant cell
>walls.
Now you know why the kelp extract protects the plants.
The web page can be found at:
http://www.crfg.org/tidbits/bkydfrostprot.html
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