endeitz

Richard,

I think you make an excellent point about P requirements. The local extension is forever trying to convince people to use "no-phosphorus" lawn fertilizers, since much of the P ends up in the creeks and other stormwater runoff catchments (and then into the lakes where we then fight the algae and hydrilla pressure). I think they would have more success if any of the local big box stores actually offered bulk, low-phophorus fertilizers at a similar price to the cheapo stuff.

I have never tried seaweed extract as a fertilizer or foliar spray. Do you apply it with your fertigation system? The irrigation on my orchard, veg. garden and bananas is strictly drip up to this point, so I would have to foliar feed manually.

Anyway, I think I have dragged this thread far off into the wilderness. Thanks again for the interesting information.

Ed.