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Re: Fertilizer

Stewart,
   If you are foliar feeding, the Urea form of nitrogen is the best for that
purpose. Foliar feeding is not all it is cracked up to be. Actually a small %
actually enters the leaf cuticle. The vast majority runs off the plant and
enters the plant through the roots. I foliar feed for I find a little may go
in, but it delivers the fertilizer to the tap roots as it runs down the stem.
I had a long talk with one of the scientists at Peters Plant food who
mentioned the ineffectiveness of foliar as apposed to root feeding. They took
some plants in pots and sealed the base of the plant so nothing could run off
into the  potting soil. Foliar fertilizer was introduced and there was only a
slight response. Other plants were foliar feed with no covering on the
potting soil and there was a good response....hence the runnoff theory.
Peters has a formula for foliar applications 27-12-15.
                                                      pumkinguy@aol.com
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