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Old February 1, 2011   #2
Stepheninky
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Here is just a few of many links about Ironite.

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/risk/ironite.htm
http://www.watoxics.org/content/pdf/...sumerFacts.pdf
http://www.envirolaw.org/poison.html
http://www.meepi.org/files02/ironite.htm
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoen...27/story4.html
http://www.calisafe.org/_disc1/00000010.htm
http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/03/36/news-pignataro.php
http://www.rense.com/politics5/waste.htm
http://www.mineralpolicy.org/media/p...11_Ironite.pdf

Iron can get bound in your soil by calcium if your soil is too Alkaline. So the first step might be to do a soil test. I have heard that using greensand will help. What greensand does is it will unbound the iron that is already there so the plants can use it.

I am using humic and fulvic acid this year. Been using it to bottom water some seedlings with as a trial and they are preforming very well. Someone else (can't remember who mentioned it in a post and that is what prompted me to give it a shot.

humic acid is based on potassium-humates, which can be applied successfully in many areas of plant production as a plant growth stimulant and soil conditioner. The origin: through extraction the potassium humates are isolated from leanardite and are dissolved in water. This produces an aqueous suspension with a high content of humic acids, potassium, iron and a large number of trace elements ready for uptake by plants. It contains 70 various trace minerals.

Fulvic Acid is the most plant-active of the Humic Acid compounds, offering physical, chemical and biological benefits. Natural buffering, chelating and extremely high ion-exchange properties make mineral elements easier for plants to absorb. This results in increased plant vitality, resistance to environmental stress and improved crop quality and yields. Basically it makes what is already in the ground more bio available to the plants.

Both are considered to be really good soil conditioners. So that might also be an option for you.
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