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Sunday, February 04, 2018
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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New leaf... I applied a solution of wood ash and Epsom salts and the new leaf got glossy almost overnight and doesn't look bad to me. The growth of this plant is slow to moderate, not great, not all that bad. I should have applied just one substance at a time. Now I don't know which had the positive effect. Was it the calcium? Was it the increased the ph?
Interestingly, this plant shows that a 'miracle grow' type fertilizer is probably much better for plants outdoors on high calcium soils, because (I think) these types of soluble fertilizers simply don't contain adequate (or any...) calcium. They try to bypass the normal uptake of important minerals by chelation, rather than promoting the uptake of minerals via the natural manner, which is through healthy roots.
However cheated fertilizers can work well and be cost effective. I find them useful when foliar feeding makes the most sense.
I wonder if a very light foliar feeding of phosphorous heavy bloom/finisher type mix would be wise, if done so in a way that it doesn't even drip off the leaves, which would help to keep the soil level low, and therefore the soil ecosystem healthy.
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