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Posted by Leyland WA Australia (My Page) on Mon, Nov 28, 05 at 5:51
Hi,
The first picture looks like a mildew of some sort, any ideas please.
The second picture looks like maybe some fertiliser burn, any ideas please.
Thanks. Leyland
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Gidday Leyland
Crikey, I was only kidding about dumping the acid in your backyard.
Na just kiddin, but they do both look like chemical burns Leyland.The second one could pass for necrosis(severe deficiency symptoms etc.)but since it has occurred at the same time as the first I'd guess not. Foliar fertilising/insecticiding/fungiciding on a hot day?...rates too high?....or both even?
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Hi thrip, thanks for the comments, I think maybe your right because I Put some iron chelate on early one morning last week and the day turned out to be quite a warm one so that must be it. I will keep a close watch and make sure it doesn't get any worse.
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 30, 05 at 13:23
| OMG. What about forgetting poison formulae and return to basics. Loads of horse manure and adequate water. If you're using that a bore, it should have been tested for water quality when it was sunk. Certainly don't need to be watering alkalinity in heavy doses. Here is a suggestion. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Beijing 2000
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Wow Lozza. Thoses pictures are interesting to say the least.What was alkaline in Beijing though ie. the soil or the irrigation water or both? How does alkaline chook poo remedy the problem ?
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Thu, Dec 1, 05 at 12:29
| Well, the water in Beijing is the best quality I've ever tasted, better than Melbourne. No trace of contamination that I can detect. And I know Adelaide water! Chook poo I believe has very little lime content, the major benefit being a considerable nitrogenous content, which I have found very beneficial for roses over the years, in our 6-6.5 pH soil. Probably the best balanced fertiliser, and readily available in quantity. But I think you're having me on aren't you, after the chemical mumbo-jumbo that I've tried to comprehend recently. Like Brenton says, KISS. Not you of course!! The highly chloritic condition of the garden we're talking about, demands going back to taws surely. For what it's worth, for the past 30 years in preparing my ground for planting, I've used Pivot 521 and calcium hydroxide in roughly equal amounts, following up with Hi K foliar feed, and a side dressing after a year of 521. Works for me. |
Here is a link that might be useful: sources of N
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