My water Jasmine looks like it needs some iron. I was going to use Iron-tone, but I wondered if there something else out there.
Blood meal? It’s a component of the mix that I make, high nitrogen content as well.
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The iron sulfate in Iron-tone would work. Don’t over apply. Low fertilizer rating, good.
Blood meal in an organic fertilizer sounds ok, would be slower. High nitrogen, maybe not good.
I use seaweed emulsion… and the iron in Bioglod.
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@Bonsai_Bentley what’s the water pH in your part of S. Carolina? Are you conditioning? Alkaline water slows iron uptake… is it high in cadmium and cobalt? They displace iron .
I’ve never tested the water. I should do that. I’ve been watering with rain water this year though and I’m about to apply the second round of bio-gold to the plants that can have it tomorrow. I looked for Iron-tone at Lowe’s and they didn’t carry it. I’m going to a nursery tomorrow though. They should have it. I don’t need much. My water Jasmine is the only tree I’ve noticed having an issue.
Jasmine are sensitive…
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New plastic barrols? Could be something as simple as the water soluble plasticizers. Actually, pretty nasty stuff on humans, even in the ppb range.
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I’m downwind of an incinerator. I assume my rain is iffy. I have seen reports , elsewhere, of heavy metals and polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination… Acid rain.
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Switch your jasmine to Perriea It will enjoy the bubbley…
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