"Repeating Decimal" wrote in message
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in article , Gyve Turquoise at
wrote on 5/17/03 6:14 PM:

I recently posted a query here about chelated iron for a lemon tree.
Thanks
for the reply, but I can't find anything suitable to use here. I have
asked
at several garden centres and looked through catalogues without joy. I
should mention that I live in Japan.

Is there any common product I can use as a substitute for chelated iron
or
any easy way to cook the stuff up? What I want to do is solve my tree's
problem with the lack of iron, so any suggestions are welcome.


It may be that the people you are talking to have no idea of what you
mean.

It's extremely likely since my Japanese is very bad.

Many formulations are available with iron chelates. I know that Ortho
makes
some. Ironite is another trade name for gypsum mixed with iron.

Thanks for the advice. Is gypsum mixed with iron the same as iron chelates?

Hydroponic
supply stores should have some available. My guess is that you have not
looked into it very well.

You are right that I probably haven't looked into it well enough, but I live
in Japan so the names of the products and the suppliers are different from
the ones in your country. Unfortunately I don't know any hydroponic supply
stores here. I don't even know the Japanese for "hydroponic supply store"
either.