by gardenlen » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:43 am
g'day glen,
i have heard they recommned nailing a copper nail into mango trees to help prevent whatever it si they get wrong with them. but that would be the action of the sap i would guess?
now as for nails or any rustable metal when it rusts away doesn't it then become part of the soil structure so then could the micro-organisms and even the worms convert it into an element that plants can absorb?
plants do absorb elements and some more than otehrs ie.,. potatoes especially can absorb heavy metals from the soil, so if all that can happen then why not with iron/tin?
and with tomato's the ardent grower will likely say bury a banana skin or banana under each plant when you plant them out so they get the potassium, that is a quiet common practise. but we all know tomato plants can't eat any part of the banana hey?
everything good or bad that we feed the soil with gets converted to feed the plants with.
len
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len
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