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Can't get DAP from the farm supply here in the fall. I had some humic acid on hand and so I tried dissolving the bonemeal in a stronger solution of acid and then diluting it before applying with fish and molasses. Worked great! The brix of my plants now range from 8 to 16. Wasn't high enough on the plants with aphids to get rid of them, but I consider the brix readings a great success since this is my first season at it. Thanks for the tips.
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My broccoli seedlings are growing great in peat and mineral mixture outdoors wthout insect problems, but in the soil all the brassicas seedlings get chewed up. So I am suspecting that the ph adn the resistance is too high in the soil. Without the instruments to measure ph and EC, I am afraid of applying too much gypsum to bring the ph down. How much do you recommend? I am covering the unused beds with lots of mulch and watering with molasses to supply the acids. I'm hoping that will be enough to get the beds ready for the spring? Any advice will be appreciated. I'm also wondering whether burying the fish waste will pump enough energy into the system to help my seedlings grow healthily?
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This is a reply to # 1,054,954Hi ForZion,
Your question: Can't get DAP from the farm supply here in the fall. I had some humic acid on hand and so I tried dissolving the bonemeal in a stronger solution of acid and then diluting it before applying with fish and molasses. Worked great! The brix of my plants now range from 8 to 16. Wasn't high enough on the plants with aphids to get rid of them, but I consider the brix readings a great success since this is my first season at it. Thanks for the tips.
Answer: I am glad to see that someone is able to learn to think for themself !
Your idea of mixing the Bonemeal with the Humic Acid and fish and molasses was a good idea, because it helped the phosphates in the Bonemeal to become available to the plants to give your higher Brix readings as you have gotten !
But I have a question as to what kind of plants had the aphid problem and do you know what their Brix readings were during this time of problem with the aphids and were the plants Lush Green and growing, or did the plants seem to not be Lush and growing?
Question: Will burying fish waste multiply the fireants in garden and yard? I've got two little ones who play a lot in the backyard.
Answer: I do not believe the fish will bring in more fireants, but where you have fireants, just dust some Calcium Hydroxide over their mounts and they may leave!
And you can buy the Calcium Hydroxide(Hydrated Lime) from a builders supply in 50# bags, where they use it to mix in cement or plaster etc and it does not cost much this way !
My broccoli seedlings are growing great in peat and mineral mixture outdoors without insect problems, but in the soil all the brassicas seedlings get chewed up. So I am suspecting that the ph and the resistance is too high in the soil. Without the instruments to measure ph and EC, I am afraid of applying too much gypsum to bring the ph down. How much do you recommend?
Answer: You may use max. amount of 10 pounds of Gypsum per 1000 sq. feet a couple times a year when you have plenty of moisture !
So, this may mean that when you mulch , if you may apply over the mulch and water it in ?
You may find that if you take 10# of Gypsum and mix it with 10# of Calcium Lime and 10# of Bonemeal and apply this over the mulch and then water it in with some fish emulsion and Molasses, that you may get real good results ? End.
I am covering the unused beds with lots of mulch and watering with molasses to supply the acids. I'm hoping that will be enough to get the beds ready for the spring? Any advice will be appreciated. I'm also wondering whether burying the fish waste will pump enough energy into the system to help my seedlings grow healthily?
Answer: You may be best to bury the fish 1 year ahead of time, for it is too easy to get too much fish under the plants and then burn the roots in a dry year ?
But by watering in the fish emulsion with Molasses over the mulch where you have applied the gypsum and Lime and Bonemeal mix, you may expect Better results ?
The mulch is very Important and one can raise 10 to 100 times more in the same area when we use mulch and have the Minerals needed !
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This is a reply to # 1,055,187But I have a question as to what kind of plants had the aphid problem and do you know what their Brix readings were during this time of problem with the aphids and were the plants Lush Green and growing, or did the plants seem to not be Lush and growing?
Reply:The plants were rape and baby bok choy. When they had the aphid problem, the brix readings were 3-5. They were somewhatlush, green and growing. The plants were being chewed up by insects.I managed to get the brix on the ape up to 8-10. the bokchoy was 6-8. They didn't stay there very long, because my mother in law harvested the veggies soon after the brix were raised. They all got off on a slow start. All my seedlings struggled in the beginning until i started applying fish and molasses. I might have upt too much limestone, granite and gypsum and bonemeal? A wheelbarrow(4 cubic feet) of the mixture for each 20 by 2.5 bed(edit).
Thanks for your help again.
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This is a reply to # 1,055,450Hi ForZion,
Your question: Reply:The plants were rape and baby bok choy. When they had the aphid problem, the brix readings were 3-5. They were somewhatlush, green and growing. The plants were being chewed up by insects.I managed to get the brix on the ape up to 8-10. the bokchoy was 6-8. They didn't stay there very long, because my mother in law harvested the veggies soon after the brix were raised. They all got off on a slow start. All my seedlings struggled in the beginning until i started applying fish and molasses. I might have upt too much limestone, granite and gypsum and bonemeal? A wheelbarrow(4 cubic feet) of the mixture for each 20 by 2.5 bed(edit).
Answer: The 1st things a plant may take in easiest, which may 1st be released from the soil may be Nitrogen and Potassium !
The Phosphate and other Trace Minerals may not become available for use by the plant until later !
This is what generally happens as one is working with the soil and trying to bring the Life back into it for it to function Naturally !
Edit: And it may be that this Greater amount of Nitrogen & Potassium, may be what may Cause the Insect problems, which you are having ? end.
The Phosphates are needed to Cause the Brix to be higher in the plants and the Calciums are needed to cut the Acids, which adds to a better Flavor !
This is "WHY" I suggested using some DAP(18-46-0), to provide some Acid phosphate, which may be available to the plants upon entering the soil solution !
But the mix you were using works also, but maybe slower ?
An application to the soil of phosphate as Bonemeal does not mean that it will be available to the plants immediately, as the Soil Life needs to Digest it , unless the phosphate has been reacted with an Acid, either synthetic or the Acids from the Bacteria in the Soil !
And when the bacteria in the Soil Digest the phosphates, they may Blend them with many other Alkaline Minerals, which the plants need to be Healthy !
What you have is a condition whereas the Soil Life starts Releasing Nitrogen and Potassium to the plants in a ratio , which is Greater than what needed Phosphate are available at this time, thus the plants may have too much Nitrogen and Potassium unless one may come to understand what is taking place and learn to take action to correct the problem ?
The Fish and Molasses just make everything else work Better !
It may not be that you put too much on of other, just that it is still not Blended in the soil properly and not properly activated, but the fish and molasses may help solve this problem !
What Minerals we may apply to the soil may not change the condition of the soil "Until" they have become activated to Cause a release of Electro-magnetic Energy !
The Soil Bacteria Naturally may do this Process for us 24 hours a Day, if we learn to feed the soil life properly !
And Mulching is very Important in this case !
Smile Tis your choice.- Thanks. Very helpful info. n/m ForZion 17 y 2,305
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