Re: fertilizers, Please help
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] fertilizers, Please help
- From: m* l*
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 12:34:41 -0600
What is the pH of ammonia? Margaret L
At 07:24 PM 4/27/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>Many of the plants I grow are acid loving plants and non tolerant of Nitrogen
>in the form of Ammonia. I have found it really hard to find fertilizers that
>don't have most of their nitrogen in the form of Ammonia. I found a bulb
>fertilizer that sounds good. The nitrogen is 75% from urea and only 25% from
>ammonia. Do you think that this would be good to use on Rhododendrons and
>Japanese Iris. Luckily Rhododendrons don't need a lot of feeding, but I
>killed off most of my Japanese Iris because I couldn't find a fertilizer with
>out ammonia Nitrogen and resorted to what I could find. Since then I just
>haven't ferilized the survivors.
>
>The pH of my soil appx 4.5. I was thinking I should put some lime on some of
>my Clematis, and other non acid loving plants, but was afraid of the run off
>onto the Rhododendrons which are my specialty. Would the runoff hurt them
>with my pH so low? How about my acid loving Irises? Also will the bulb
>fertilizer be likely to cause an adverse reaction due to Calcium or
something.
>I had a rudimentary soil test done at a nursery because there are no labs
>that do it here and the county extension doesn't do it either. They said my
>soil was very low in minerals. I have been adding Epson Salts which have
>helped many of my plants, but could there be other minerals that I should add
>for Rhododendrons and my Iris? My other plants are thriving so I am not
>worried about them.
>
>Would appreciate any advice.
>Thanks
>
>
