Trace minerals
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Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Why do you ask ?
- Location
- North East
Normally sprayed on plant rather than on soil.
ollie989898
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No, you do not apply these in bulk form to the soil. You will never win or manage to do this economically except for phosphorous and potassium. Dumping huge amounts of calcium onto the ground is also fraught with risk as it will alter soil pH so not an automatic cure either.
As others have said, where deficiency exists they are generally addressed through foliar feeds. Chromium etc is also a heavy metal so not the sort of thing you will be able to buy on a shop shelf either.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yes. Many of those are macronutrients. I get quite a bit from organic manures.
CORK
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- Location
- East Cork, Ireland
I’ve found Copper Sulphate applied to the soil with a sprayer can rectify low indices for Copper. It can sort them for up to ten years.
I’ve tried it with Zinc Sulphate too to see if it also works in the case of Zinc, not sure if it works but latest soil test was encouraging.
Kierserite should raise Mg levels?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
20t/ha sludge every two or three years sorts most of them
Purchase some chicken muck from a supplier.
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
Who applies Chromium or Lithium or Vanadium to crops? WHY?
ollie989898
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wanton dwarf
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We apply other minerals by applying Compost and Anaerobic Digestion waste.
This includes metals, plastic, toys, batteries - you name it's there.
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