Re: Foliar Feeding Flubs
- Subject: Re: Foliar Feeding Flubs
- From: D* S*
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:22:06 -0700
Steve - Thank you, that is good advice about the where and when of foliar
feeding. My plan was to deliver foliar food through a watering system
that directs fog at the underside of the leaves. Do you think I can use
spreader/sticking agents through such fine nozzles (3/4 gph)? Can anyone
recommend a good spreader/sticker?
Dan Shapiro
>It seems most people foliar feed the most inefficient way. The cells on the
>UNDERsides of the leaves are said to be several times more efficient in
>absorbing foliar applications of fertilizer and seaweed, etc. than the upper
>surfaces.
>Also anything on the undersides will be less likely to get washed off by rain
>or watering. ALSO if both surfaces of the leaves are covered, it would
>effectively double (actually triple, since the undersides are at least twice
>as efficient) the absorbtion of the substance by the plant. I use a sprayer
>hooked up tp a hose, and also a hand held tank sprayer which puts out a fine
>mist and has a skinny bent neck that works really nice for getting up under
>the leaves.
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