Re: timing of foliar feeding
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: timing of foliar feeding
- From: "* B* <w*@vrn.iscorltd.co.za>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:43:46 +0200
I think the suger will atrack ants, and that can a problem. Then you have ot
use a pesticide to get ride of the ants.
Wally form SA
-----Original Message-----
From: SteveS012@aol.com <SteveS012@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: timing of foliar feeding
>In a message dated 98-09-09 15:10:32 EDT, you write:
>
>> Steve, PumpkinGuy, Ron,
>>
>> Thanks for your responses... I will set it up to foliar in the early
>> morning. Even if it all runs off onto the roots, it will get still get
>> into the plant. I'll also add that spoonfull of sugar. It can't
hurt
>> .. but it sounds suspiciously like the Gator-Aide theory of nutrient
uptake
>> in people.
>>
>> Dan Shapiro
>
>Also, don't forget to make sure you get the undersides of the leaves! The
>uptake of foliar feed on the undersides of leaves is many many more times
>efficient then the top surfaces! I hven't personally tried the sugar, but
they
>supposedly did a study on it using a radioactive substance mixed in the
>fertilizer, and the sugar incresed the uptake of foliar feed. If I had more
>plants growing I would try it on half of them to see if it really made a
>difference. It probably can't hurt!
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