Ironite

scooter...do you pour this mixture on the ground or spray it on the foliage?

Did your tomatoes also get tomatoes or just good stem and foliage?

Can the tea powder be the flavored kind?

Thanks Scooterbug for sharing the links with us. I'm a JB fan too!

Went to the website, says golfcourses use ironrite a lot!

Very interesting reading. We live by a golfcourse, also have a well, so........can ironrite/arsnic seep into deep ground well, which we drink from? Arrggghhhh Quick! Call a Dr. or a Nurse!!



This message was edited May 15, 2004 6:36 PM

picturelady,
............. guess you missed this part, it was a pretty long post =))

@@@ --- Mix in a 20 Gal. hose end sprayer -fill the remainder w/water-
......Switch these every other week with your regular fert.---@@@

Plain tea. I always buy the cheapest soap,tea and beer

20 gal. hose end sprayers are around $3 at Walmart or KMart. I have a few labeled for different uses.


This message was edited May 15, 2004 3:10 PM

scooter...yep, you are right it is in your post as clear as day! Thanks! I must have skipped over the middle of your post...I did read the beginning and the end!! : )
I am trying to clean today and come back and take a DG break every once in awhile! That is what I get for trying to short change my DG time!!!

Well I am still confused! You can use a hose end sprayer for watering the ground or for foliar feed. So Scoot............ do you do both?

I soak the plants foliage to the point of runoff

I just came across this web site and thought others might appreciate it. It depicts various amendments and what they are used for:

http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/pubs/online/hg42.pdf

What a great link Gretchen!!! Does anyone know how to copy a file that is in the acrobat reader form?

The only thing I know to do is to print it Kell.
I am so glad I didn't buy that big bag or Ironite at Walmart the other day! It was good that no one was there to help me lift the bag! I have been using liquid chelated iron(made by Southern Ag Products), guess that's what I'll keep using.

I saved it as a PDF File. As long as you have Reader, you can re-open it. Its got a lot of good information.

I've always used chelated iron. It doesn't smell real good, but easy to mix and use.

That's what I used when I fed them. Its made by Green Light and has a few other things in it. I mixed it in with my other stuff and within a few days WOW! What a difference it made.

I have been using for years on all my plants with no problems. I even mix in a good handful when potting up my brugs. I guess if you use to much it might hurt them. I also mix the spray type with the liquid fertilizer a couple times a summer. I saw the other day they have a new one with minerals added

Donna, the Ironite won't hurt the brugs, it's you it will hurt. Ironite has lead and arsenic in it that builds up in your soil and will leach into your water.
Chelated iron doesn't have lead and arsenic in it, or iron made by a company other than the Ironite company if I read that file correctly.

Does anyone know a brand name for the chelated iron?? I don't want to make another purchase error. What in the heck should I do with this bag of Ironite?? Take it back to WalMart????

Sherry, here is where I got mine. You can surely buy it cheaper someplace else, but I was ordering at the time and just went ahead and got it.

http://www.charleysgreenhouse.com/catalog/index.cfm?page=_ProductDetails&ProductId=7060

I went to walmart 2 night ago looking for the chelated iron and couldnt find it. the salesclerk looked at me like i was nuts and directed me to the vitamin aisle, lol.
any help in finding it would be appreciated. i bought a bag of epsom salt and sprinkled some of that on tonight.
thanks
jen

You're going to have to get it from a garden center. Home Depot probably sells it. I bought Green Light brand which also has other micros included. Hope that helps! Gretchen :)

it does, thank you

Jen, try a farm store or nursery supply. They should carry Southern Ag products down that way too. It comes in gallons, maybe even a smaller size.

Brugie, 8 oz of the chelated iron doesn't seem like much. Do you use it every time you water, like the Ironite is supposed to be used???

Scooter, for various reasons, I don't like to sparay my plants in the heat of the summer, mosquitoes for one thing, and when it is really hot the water can scorch leaves. So, I like the Ironite because you can use it in the water bucket. Is there a Jerry Baker recipe for use in a water bucket, rather than a sprayer??? I'd like to alternate the chelated iron and an organic recipe, which I used until I lost my JB book in a fire...

I had no idea you were supposed to use iron with every watering. I would think it would become toxic but what do I know! I am so l glad I did not know that now. I would just toss a handful under a yellowing tree once a year if that.

Iron is very toxic to humans in fairly low doses. Children can die from ingesting iron pills.

I only use it when I see some yellowing on the leaves...not every time I water, Sherry.

............Iron should be used very sparingly , you can over dose too easy causing toxicity to your plants and living creatures . Be sure your yellow plants NEED iron before using .

............Many other causes for yellowing leaves. Especially with brug growers always striving for Organic Planting mediums. When you use Organic Mixes, the materials used decompose and rob Nitrogen so I would add some regularly. Liquid Fish Fert ( Foliar or water-can) or Blood Meal is good natural source of N.

I hope you know not to spray anything on plants in the heat of the afternoon like between 10 AM & 4 PM

Scooter - my DH wants to know if you put the beer in the mix or if you drink it while making the mix (ha ha ha).

and as an answer to the question about the arsenic seeping into their well water - yep - I think it would eventually make it's way down there - what a scary thought.

Karrie, Ya need to be careful and for yer plants safety do test one o the cans of beer outta the sixer first to make sure ya got a good batch .............hahahaha
Sounds like yer DH is a Thinking Man fer sure .

Duh, my Ironite says, and I quote: "For best results, use Ironite EACH time you water." I've never used it before the last couple of weeks and I'm taking my bag back to Lowes!!! Ugh, it did green up my rescue brug, the results are unbelievable!! [deleted] if you do, [deleted] if you don't...I'll go with the chelated and see what happens...

SherryLike: you'll like the chelated better as its more readily absorbed and used by the plants.

Thank you SOOOOO much Gretchen!!! Shoot, I would have gotten it in the first place, if I had only known, ya know, whew!!! I've never used any of this stuff until recently. I will say that the one time I used the liquid Ironite, it made an obvious difference. Now, I don't know what to do with the sack I bought. I think I'll take it back to Lowe's and let them worry about it, since it's never been opened...I surely will NOT use it!!!!

I was at HD today looking for the safer type of iron (they did not have it) and checked out the bag of Ironite since I was there.

It says use twice a years on your plants. However the Ironite PLUS is the liquid form and it is actually fertilizer with a littlel iron in it. It says use with each watering. Mystery solved!!

We will start calling you Sherlock! :o)