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Does Tomato Blossom Set Spray Work???
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, Mycosimian wrote: On Jun 6, 7:44*pm, "hr(bob) " wrote: On Jun 6, 10:35*am, Billy wrote: In article , *"David Hare-Scott" wrote: You are giving your plants a quick hit of soluble magnesium, if this was what was required you would get noticable results and find it worked even quicker as a foliar spray than on the ground. While folk wisdom is often right but it lacks the mechanisms to be sure and to tease out real effects from mere ritual and side issues. Science has the better methods but the scope of its work is too often bound by what makes money. *Personally I am trying to give the desire for perfect methods as I see no prospect of realisation. David Ah, the rational mind. What a wonder it is. Don't stop. Continue. That was supposed to be Personally I am trying to give UP the desire for perfect methods as I see no prospect of realisation. David Damn. Like they say,"All pain is desire". Oh well, back to work. -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." *- Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En2TzBE0lp4 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050688.html-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Interesting discussion, but no one has answered my questions does the blossom set really work????? As long as people keep spending their money on it, I'd say it fulfills it's purpose quite nicely. In rec.gardens.edible, Gunner just posted http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%2...tural%20Myths_ files/index.html which leads to http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%2...tural%20Myths_ files/Myths/magazine%20pdfs/EpsomSalts.pdf which says no, unless you have a magnesium deficiency in the soil. Bim-batta-boom, case sol-ved. -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Zunx_goz4 http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/2...ra_hass_on_the |
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Does Tomato Blossom Set Spray Work???
On Jun 6, 8:50*pm, Billy wrote:
In article , *"hr(bob) " wrote: On Jun 6, 10:35*am, Billy wrote: In article , *"David Hare-Scott" wrote: You are giving your plants a quick hit of soluble magnesium, if this was what was required you would get noticable results and find it worked even quicker as a foliar spray than on the ground. While folk wisdom is often right but it lacks the mechanisms to be sure and to tease out real effects from mere ritual and side issues. Science has the better methods but the scope of its work is too often bound by what makes money. *Personally I am trying to give the desire for perfect methods as I see no prospect of realisation. David Ah, the rational mind. What a wonder it is. Don't stop. Continue. That was supposed to be Personally I am trying to give UP the desire for perfect methods as I see no prospect of realisation. David Damn. Like they say,"All pain is desire". Oh well, back to work. -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." *- Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En2TzBE0lp4 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050688.html-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Interesting discussion, but no one has answered my questions does the blossom set really work????? Haven't you been following along? What part of "Researchers have never been terribly impressed with the effects of Epsom salts on plants. Gardeners are a different story and the use of Epsom salts is a gardening tip passed down for generations.", didn't you understand? Whether I have a good crop of tomatoes this year or not, it will just be one data point. What the hell. It can't hurt. Or if you don't like that cavalier attitude, then consider doing a Ph.D thesis on the subject so that we don't get it wrong ;O) -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." *- Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Zunx_goz4 http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/2...ra_hass_on...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What does epsom salts have to do with blossom Set Spray??? |
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Does Tomato Blossom Set Spray Work???
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, "hr(bob) " wrote: On Jun 6, 8:50*pm, Billy wrote: In article , *"hr(bob) " wrote: On Jun 6, 10:35*am, Billy wrote: In article , *"David Hare-Scott" wrote: You are giving your plants a quick hit of soluble magnesium, if this was what was required you would get noticable results and find it worked even quicker as a foliar spray than on the ground. While folk wisdom is often right but it lacks the mechanisms to be sure and to tease out real effects from mere ritual and side issues. Science has the better methods but the scope of its work is too often bound by what makes money. *Personally I am trying to give the desire for perfect methods as I see no prospect of realisation. David Ah, the rational mind. What a wonder it is. Don't stop. Continue. That was supposed to be Personally I am trying to give UP the desire for perfect methods as I see no prospect of realisation. David Damn. Like they say,"All pain is desire". Oh well, back to work. -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." *- Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En2TzBE0lp4 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050688.html-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Interesting discussion, but no one has answered my questions does the blossom set really work????? Haven't you been following along? What part of "Researchers have never been terribly impressed with the effects of Epsom salts on plants. Gardeners are a different story and the use of Epsom salts is a gardening tip passed down for generations.", didn't you understand? Whether I have a good crop of tomatoes this year or not, it will just be one data point. What the hell. It can't hurt. Or if you don't like that cavalier attitude, then consider doing a Ph.D thesis on the subject so that we don't get it wrong ;O) -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." *- Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Zunx_goz4 http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/2...ra_hass_on...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What does epsom salts have to do with blossom Set Spray??? http://gardening.about.com/od/organi...psom_Salts.htm and http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...545916543.html response from carolyn137 -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Zunx_goz4 http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/2...ra_hass_on_the |
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While folk acumen is generally appropriate but it lacks the mechanisms to be abiding and to aggravate out absolute furnishings from simple ritual and ancillary issues. Science has the better methods but the ambit of its plan is too generally apprenticed by what makes money. Personally I am aggravating to accord the admiration for absolute methods as I see no anticipation of realisation.
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