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Jacksonville, IL

Need to raise boron level, it is low at .8, is there a product out there to raise it? I have Borax but how much to add, should you use borax. I am not sure on this, anyone have an answer.

11/24/2009 3:01:30 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Boron is easy to over apply often with disastrous results.

Please read this:

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/ec/ec1478.pdf

.8 ppm isn't low.

Manure will likely raise B to some extent.

11/24/2009 4:52:17 PM

Covington, WA

In the past I used Boric Acid powder. You can pick it up at any grocery or drug store, it's used as an eyewash. I put a tablespoon in a gallon of water in my sprayer and walk around the patch and apply to the soil. I don't know how much it helped, but it wasn't enough to do any harm.

11/26/2009 3:52:03 AM