Rick,

High soil conductivity from what? Sodium, high salt irrigation water, plant
nutrients? Without a soil test it is a guessing game.

Low brix simply means that nature's requirements have not been met.

Foliar sprays are just tools. You need to dig deeper than foliar sprays to
fix this problem. You comments highlight why we always want to focus on an
overall program rather than just pushing products.

Please tell me more about using the wagner power sprayer. Thanks.

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of ohhomagoo@...
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:47 PM
To: brixtalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [BrixTalk] Foliar Feeding


jon, what about high conductivity soil. i've been using your qualify and
just today started the brix blaster on some peas. all the greens are
actually a little worse than last year, a lot are in the low poor range.
beautiful and no bugs though. also beddoe's idea to use a wagner power
painter to spray really works well. i don't know what last years energy was
just the brix. also i live at 8200' elevation. can't send you a soil sample
till this fall though i suppose it would b e about the same as sending it
now.what say you. rick guttersohn



To: BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com
From: Jon.Frank@...
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:36:57 -0500
Subject: RE: [BrixTalk] Foliar Feeding







Myron,

What is the conductivity of the soil? Trying to get foliars to work with a
low soil conductivity is like trying to get a teenage boy to clear a field
of rocks and stumps without feeding him first.

You will get so much more productivity from foliar sprays if the soil has
energy.

Jon
www.aglabs.com

-----Original Message-----
From: BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Myron Horst
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:32 PM
To: BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BrixTalk] Foliar Feeding

Timmy,
We planted the garden about the first of May. The SRP and limestone was
applied several weeks before that. I applied a anionic formula until
about 40 days after planting. Then I switched to a cationic formula. The
formula that I listed the formulation for, was applied June 27.
Everything is setting a lot of produce, however, the squash and
cucumbers in particular are low brix and the foliars I have tried on
them makes them lower brix. What do I need to do differently?

Myron

lataa8@... wrote:
>
>
> what time of the month were they applied? we have fruiting phases and
> also
> growth phases. timmy
>
>
> In a message dated 7/5/2009 11:01:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> mhorst@... <mailto:mhorst%40jehovahjirehfarm.com> writes:
>
> I am puzzled by the results that I am having with foliar sprays on our
> garden and am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.
> This spring we put down 100 pounds per 1000 square feet of SRP and 100
> pounds of high calcium limestone. A little over a week ago I applied the
> following foliar spray as a test on the first plant of each row and then
> compared it later to other unsprayed plants in the same row.
> Per Gallon
> 6tb molasses
> 8oz. cola soda/phos. acid
> 1tp Hydrated lime
> 3tb liquid fish
> 1tb seaweed powder
> 14tb apple cider vinegar
>
> This formula raised the brix on the sweet corn leaf from 12 brix to 16
> brix. It raised the green beans from 10 brix to 14 brix. However on
> everything else - tomatoes, potatoes, squash, cucumbers, etc. it reduced
> the brix of the leaf at least 2 brix. Why?
> A week later I tried a different formula on the tomatoes. By then the
> brix of the tomatoes had gone to 15 brix without any foliar feeding. The
> new foliar trial dropped the brix of the tomato leaf to 9. Obviously not
> the right formula!
>
> Previous to this I had tried Beddoe's Basic Cationic formula in
> Nourishment Home Grown except for the ammonium sulfate, the potassium
> bicarbonate, and the RL-37. I did not notice an improvement in the brix
> using that formula either.
> What do the tomatoes, potatoes, and vine plants need in a foliar to
> increase the brix?
>
> Thanks
> Myron Horst
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> 0.0.0**************Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite
> artists on tour at TourTracker.com.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

------------------------------------

This group operates in conjunction with RBTI@...! Groups
Links









_________________________________________________________________
Windows LiveT SkyDriveT: Get 25 GB of free online storage.
http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



------------------------------------

This group operates in conjunction with RBTI@...! Groups
Links