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Re: Fertilizers

Boron is a micronutrient that you can get into your soil many ways.  One is
to buy boron impregnagted fertilizer......for our veggie farm have the coop
mix up a batch of 19-19-19 with the equivalent of 1# per acre of boron in
it.  This isn't very much material, but it makes the difference.  Also a
commonly available supplement called "solubor" can be put on the soil as a
spray solution.   Its hard to spread 1# per acre accurately through a
granular spreader so sparying it on is a good option.   I've used solubor
many times when I was out of impregnated fertilizer or when I was spraying
something else that was compatible with solubor to save one trip to the
field and back.   Any good fertilizer or chemical supplier should be able
to get it for you.  

Rick

PS  Strawberries (at least the way we grow them in our area) also need a
little extra boron, good cauliflower as well.  

Its a good idea to test your soil as well,  I've heard of some soils types
that are naturally high in boron.



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> From: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@pipeline.com>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Fertilizers
> Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 9:43 AM
> 
> At 07:55 AM 1/9/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Carrots and beets:
> >
> >Both are moderate feeders and I use a well balanced fertilizer like a
> >10-10-10 or commercial 19-19-19, also I amend beets with boron.....
> 
> Hi, Rick.  Where do I get boron?  Is it sold under that name?
> 
> Sheila
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Z 5/6
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