I have no idea what the soil ph is... maybe its time to check it .
Our soil has a top layer of mucky soil because of the years and years of leaves that have fallen , under that is a whole lot of sand, then clay. There is no rock until at least 5 feet down.
look at these pics: http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=1132.msg14604#msg14604
This weekend I'll hit the pathetic tree with the stuff above...hoping to avoid killing it, I'll use it very gingerly. Do you see a problem adding it all at once?
Thanks
Nat
I have topsoil of 6-12 inches. Below this I will hit a brownish mix of sand and limestone rocks and pebbles and coral rocks pebbles of all sizes. I know my soil is calciferous because I see all that limestone and coral debris that were dredged up when canals were made to drain my area
How deep do you have to dig to see rocks that are coral and limestone? The further down the better and the less alkaline soil you have or maybe an acid soil or maybe a neutral soil.
You hit no coral type rocks until 5ft down??
Our soil has a top layer of mucky soil because of the years and years of leaves that have fallen.....Very nice, that is humus unless your yard gets flooded. The real mucky soils near Okeechobee where you have vegetable farms. That muck was hundreds or more years in the making from plant growth then decay in swampy conditions.
If your coral rocks are so far down then no need to buy chelate iron. The Southern Ag Citrus foliar has iron. Get the copper fungicide too and avoid breathing it.
This seems pretty simple to me. 2 foliar sprays....copper fungicide and citrus. Use an old window spray bottle to spray this plant. Do not combine them. Use one...empty out spray bottle...then use other on another day
For good luck you can apply black cow bagged cow manure under the mulch. Being organic maybe it will have that X factor for you