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Citrus: nutrient schedule?
puglvr1:
Thanks Richard! Since mine are planted inground it would be too expensive to use Dyna gro ( I have some but only use it for some of my container plants...are you applying with DG as a "foliar" spray? If so how much are you using per gallon of water? Thanks!!
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--- Quote from: puglvr1 on February 21, 2014, 01:47:53 PM ---Thanks Richard! Since mine are planted inground it would be too expensive to use Dyna gro ( I have some but only use it for some of my container plants...are you applying with DG as a "foliar" spray? If so how much are you using per gallon of water? Thanks!!
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I use Foliage Pro 9-3-6 which is 20.2514% nutrients = 202514 ppm. Diluting 1 teaspoon to a gallon of water (1/768) gives a 264 ppm (total nutrient load) solution which I use as a citrus foliar spray once every 4-6 weeks after petal drop. Pineapples like it too. The mixture is too concentrated for mangos though.
puglvr1:
Thanks Richard, my lemon tree always seems to be suffering from nutrient deficiency...even though I apply fertilizer on a regular basis...I read that its quite common with Meyer lemon especially which is what I have. Sometimes the So. Ag just doesn't seem to help much with the yellowing leaves. The problem is they recommend spraying it Dec, Jan. and Feb. but most of my yellow leaves are year round especially towards summer :-\
phantomcrab:
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--- Quote from: puglvr1 on February 21, 2014, 02:53:03 PM ---
Thanks Richard, my lemon tree always seems to be suffering from nutrient deficiency...even though I apply fertilizer on a regular basis...I read that its quite common with Meyer lemon especially which is what I have. Sometimes the So. Ag just doesn't seem to help much with the yellowing leaves. The problem is they recommend spraying it Dec, Jan. and Feb. but most of my yellow leaves are year round especially towards summer :-\
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Giving the lemon foliar NPK should help with the yellowing leaves. The tree could have citrus greening. The disease typically manifests itself with nutrient deficiency symptoms as the roots die. In Florida, lemons and limes simply tolerate it better than other citrus. In April there will be a speaker at the Tropical Fruit Society of Sarasota talking about new citrus varieties. He knows a lot about greening too.
bradflorida:
Thanks all for the input.
Pugluvr - you sure are persistent, whether it comes to battling bugs, or battling winter damage.
Richard - thanks for the info. I will probably see you one day at the fruit club meeting in Sarasota.
I read up on iron applications to the soil, and found that chelated iron is preferable to nonchelated iron, as it is much better absorbed or utilized. It turns out that Milorganite contains chelated iron.
Brad
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