what do you all recommend for off the shelf bulk fertilizer? Soil test has a recommendation guide showing Nitrogen 75 lbs/ac Sulfer 33 lbs/ac boron 2 lbs/ac and Zinc 4 lbs/ac Thinking I need ammonium sulfate? Not sure how to get zinc and boron or if even to bother with it.
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No recommendations for potassium or phosphorus? That's interesting.
Go with the ammonium sulfate and punt on the trace elements.
Go with the ammonium sulfate and punt on the trace elements.
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You can buy a four pound box of TWENTY MULE TEAM BORAX at Walmart for $4, which will take care of your Boron deficit.
Look in laundry detergent section.
Look in laundry detergent section.
1 box per AC?
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You will have to research Borax/Boron concentration. I used to know but it has been years since I used it as a supplement on a vineyard. Grapes are very sensitive to a Boron deficit. I do remember Borax is less concentrated than ag Boron.
What are the ingredients in 20 Mule Team Borax?
20 Mule Team Borax is composed of 99.5% pure borax, a naturally occurring mineral composed of sodium, boron, oxygen, and water. The remaining ½ of 1% are naturally occurring trace minerals.
How much of the mineral is in 20 Mule Team Borax?
20 Mule Team Borax is comprised of 99.5% pure borax, a naturally occurring mineral composed of sodium, boron, oxygen, and water. (The scientific name for borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate.) The remaining 0.5% is composed of trace minerals.
What is Borax?
Borax is the common name for sodium tetraborate: a naturally occurring substance produced by the repeated evaporation of seasonal lakes.
20 Mule Team® Borax is 100% natural, and 99.5% pure (there is about a half of 1% of naturally occurring trace minerals). Once removed from the ground it is washed, dried, and boxed for consumers.
Borates, borax and boron compounds are with us throughout our lives. Families use it to soak and wash diapers and other laundry, but it’s also an ingredient in cosmetics, medicines, ceramics and building materials.
The biggest industrial user of borates is the glass industry (especially fiberglass and gorilla glass). It’s an important ingredient in agricultural chemicals and fire retardants.
In earlier times, borax was proclaimed to be a magical crystal that was used to aid digestion, keep milk sweet and even cure epilepsy. Common sense and modern technology have brought us better solutions to these and other problems, but 20 Mule Team Borax still has a place in your home.
20 Mule Team Borax comes from California where one of the world’s largest deposits was discovered in 1913.
Absolutely nothing is added. No phosphates, peroxide, chlorine, or other additive chemicals.
What are the ingredients in 20 Mule Team Borax?
20 Mule Team Borax is composed of 99.5% pure borax, a naturally occurring mineral composed of sodium, boron, oxygen, and water. The remaining ½ of 1% are naturally occurring trace minerals.
How much of the mineral is in 20 Mule Team Borax?
20 Mule Team Borax is comprised of 99.5% pure borax, a naturally occurring mineral composed of sodium, boron, oxygen, and water. (The scientific name for borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate.) The remaining 0.5% is composed of trace minerals.
What is Borax?
Borax is the common name for sodium tetraborate: a naturally occurring substance produced by the repeated evaporation of seasonal lakes.
20 Mule Team® Borax is 100% natural, and 99.5% pure (there is about a half of 1% of naturally occurring trace minerals). Once removed from the ground it is washed, dried, and boxed for consumers.
Borates, borax and boron compounds are with us throughout our lives. Families use it to soak and wash diapers and other laundry, but it’s also an ingredient in cosmetics, medicines, ceramics and building materials.
The biggest industrial user of borates is the glass industry (especially fiberglass and gorilla glass). It’s an important ingredient in agricultural chemicals and fire retardants.
In earlier times, borax was proclaimed to be a magical crystal that was used to aid digestion, keep milk sweet and even cure epilepsy. Common sense and modern technology have brought us better solutions to these and other problems, but 20 Mule Team Borax still has a place in your home.
20 Mule Team Borax comes from California where one of the world’s largest deposits was discovered in 1913.
Absolutely nothing is added. No phosphates, peroxide, chlorine, or other additive chemicals.
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Here is specialty ag information on Borax. Note that Borax has about 50% Boron concentration of agricultural Boron/Solubor. Solubor is also a product of Borax Company.
LINK: Borax
LINK SOLUBOR: http://www.borax.com/docs/product_pdfs_data/solubor-2012.pdf?sfvrsn=2
LINK: Borax
LINK SOLUBOR: http://www.borax.com/docs/product_pdfs_data/solubor-2012.pdf?sfvrsn=2
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KFhunter: Have you made a decision?
