Thursday, October 7, 2010
Fertilizer on the Points
Recently I learned that if you aren't careful with the hose, and you spray fertilizer on the leaves instead of on the media where it is needed, you end up with a residue on the epidermis. I heard that the fertilizer should only be applied every other watering, to avoid burning the roots. From now on I will be more precise when applying fertilizer, and on the off waterings I will make sure that the leaves are sprayed down and any residues washed off if needed.
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Hey Steve...2nd attempt at posting to your site...thanks for taking care of the raspberries...they may need to be in a more protected site since they'll probably be bone dry on Tuesday...we'll see.
ReplyDeleteThe reason we fertilize all the time is because we're not applying a high rate of fertilizer at a time of reduced growth...they're growing like stink, and we can't afford for them to starve. Remember they were in poor shape from irregular watering and fertilizng when you guys turned up...if salts start to accumulate and EC rises, we'll leech peridoically.