Maxicrop Plus Iron dosing rate?

[davidstcldfl]

Thanks Badflash....

[Eleven11]

So just to recap...


For potasium supplement:

2 tblsp of hardwood ash for every 100 gallons

Or

Bannana peels but you must have worms in grow beds to process them?


For iron supplement:

Chelated iron
Lowes - Sunniland Liquid Iron:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_167411-31102-12 ... facetInfo=

What is the dose and what is the percentage of Iron in this product?

Or

Bloodmeal
Home Depot - Miracle Grow Bloodmeal
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R ... reId=10051

No listed percentage of iron here either. What was the dosage again?


For Calcium supplement:

Crushed Oyster or eggshell - either in a stocking and planted in grow bed or dissolved in acid and added to system.



Ok, regarding banana peels, I read that they are sprayed heavily with insecticide during transporting. Have you guys had any problems with them?

[bsfman]

Ok, regarding banana peels, I read that they are sprayed heavily with insecticide during transporting. Have you guys had any problems with them?

If that's a concern, you could always splurge a little bit and buy a few organic bananas to use.

[Eleven11]

I'll have to see if I can find some organic bananas. It would be interesting to compare tastes.

I couldn't find the exact article I read but here is something a bit similar...

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=BN

Here is something a bit more positive though...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08 ... uted-water

[Eleven11]

Regarding the worms...

Do you chop up the peels or just throw them in whole?

Also, I missed whether you are using a separate worm bin or just adding the peels right to the grow bed.

If you are adding to the grow bed directly, are you burying them or something?

I use ashes for the potassium and bloodmeal for the iron

Badflash, do you use hardwood ashes you make ? and at what kind of a dose ?
I've been using banana peels in the media beds (the worms love 'em) I don't think I can eat enough to keep up with the need...

[Eleven11]

Hmmm ok after looking into iron... I planned to get the Sunniland liquid iron from Lowes but they tell they don't carry it even though it is on the website. He says they can't carry raw iron since it can be used to make bombs. Oh well... next... I called another garden store but they didn't have raw iron either... they did have Iron Sulfate solution from Bonide.

Here's a link to the ingredients:
http://www.bonide.com/lbonide/backlabels/l298.pdf

So... which iron is best?

Raw liquid iron
Iron Sulfate
Iron Chelate

Any thoughts on this Bonide product?

How do you guys know when you have a potassium or calcium deficiency?

[bsfman]

So... which iron is best?

Raw liquid iron
Iron Sulfate
Iron Chelate

Chelated iron

[davidstcldfl]

How do you guys know when you have a potassium or calcium deficiency?

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pictures...
http://5e.plantphys.net/printer.php?ch=5&id=289

Don't forget. the PH 'can' lock out minerals too....

[Eleven11]

Great article on deficiencies, thanx !

I added some hardwood ash today... mixed it in a liter bottle and poured some in each bed.

I'm still looking for a local source of iron chelate.

[sdanchenko]

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