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blue java ice cream
06-01-2016, 07:02 PM
I have recently noticed on some of my trees that newly emerging leaves are either drooping down or snapping at the midrib. I have had my soil tested by the University of Florida and my soil has a very high ph of 7.9 and very calcareous. I have been working on lowering my ph and give my plants a pound of fertilizer of 6-3-16 per mat per month. Any suggestions as to what may be causing this problem?
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PR-Giants
06-02-2016, 09:16 AM
Could it be 'Spring Flush'. Is it Spring where you are, have you overwatered or have had a lot of rain, over fertilized?
Many times quick growth hasn't matured enough to develop the strength needed to support itself.
blue java ice cream
06-02-2016, 04:11 PM
Could it be 'Spring Flush'. Is it Spring where you are, have you overwatered or have had a lot of rain, over fertilized?
Many times quick growth hasn't matured enough to develop the strength needed to support itself.
It is spring here in Florida. We have had so much rainfall lately that I haven't watered my trees in probably about 2 months. I'm very strict about my fertilizing program though and my soil testing showed my soil to be very poor in nutrients.
My phosphorus is 4 ppm,potassium is 24 ppm, magnesium is 13 ppm, and my calcium is at 405 ppm.
Wishing we'd had too much rain here; we're very dry. Someone told me that NASA chose the Titusville area because storms avoid the area; I'm beginning to believe his theory might be valid. Fingers crossed I get my pump up and running soon; potable water (if you want to call it that) delivered via city lines is very pricey.
Caline
06-02-2016, 09:50 PM
Do you use a moisture meter with a long probe. Sometimes, what seems lots of rain just drains away and leaves dry soil quickly. I would check the moisture around the roots. Bananas love water.
Someone from Extension Services told me Florida soil is basically sand and the surest way to be a happy gardener here was to first choose local species acclimated to the soil and see gardening in this kind of soil as modified hydroponics.
Kegas76
06-03-2016, 10:23 PM
Wishing we'd had too much rain here; we're very dry. Someone told me that NASA chose the Titusville area because storms avoid the area; I'm beginning to believe his theory might be valid. Fingers crossed I get my pump up and running soon; potable water (if you want to call it that) delivered via city lines is very pricey.
I feel your pain Kat. Here in Hudson I keep seeing huge storms on the horizon, I watch it on the news channel's radar and then just as it gets to us it splits in two and goes around us, 8/10 times we just get the wind.
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