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Old 05-02-2012, 12:43 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Creating my own Fert

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I give the Humic acid with the sprinkler-system, all the soil gets it, the leafs do not come in contact with it, my sprinkler-system is about 40 cm above the ground.
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I realize maybe I am giving Humic Acid much to much. Can it harm the soil?
At some point too much carbon and electrolytes will slow down other processes.

Further, you are wasting money.

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The Humic acid also comprises organic material.
In terms of carbon chemistry, it is an organic compound. With the exception of CO2, N, and plant hormones, plants uptake inorganic minerals -- not organic material.

Relative to your fertilizer mixture, here are the proportions of secondary and micronutrients I would suggest -- and especially in these ratios to each other. Of course, if your soil already contains some of these, then the individual values need to be changed so that the overall ratios to each other are maintained.

0.8% S
1.6% Mg
3.2% Ca
0.1% Fe
0.01% Cu
0.02% Mn
0.01% Zn
0.02% B
0.001% Co
0.001% Mo
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