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Mar 3, 2014 9:23 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
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Well, from my perspective, going from your soil test of 2013 your soil pH of 7.8 is tad high and will not allow a whole lot of phosphorus to become available to your plants; perhaps that contributes to it building up in your soil. If your home pH test is accurate then you'll be on the right track, at a level when more major nutrients as well as trace/micronutrients will be available to plants. As for the ironite, I think you're going to get locked into weekly sprays for it to benefit your plants and deficit your pocketbook. But whatever works.... I really wonder if you'd be better off using "Cal-Mag" which would give you a decent amount of N, K, and a smaller amount of P, and being water soluble would more readily benefit your plants.

Shoe

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