IRRIGATION WATER WITH LOW PH CAN HARM PLANTS
January 23, 2008
January 23, 2008
HOOKERTON, N.C., Jan. 23 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Agronomic Services Division issued the following news release:
Last May, plants were dying at Willow Oak Nursery in Greene County. Manager Frankie Jones suspected that unseasonably warm weather had stimulated his slow-release fertilizer to react too quickly. However, tests recommended by Dianne Farrer, a regional agronomist with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, . . .
Last May, plants were dying at Willow Oak Nursery in Greene County. Manager Frankie Jones suspected that unseasonably warm weather had stimulated his slow-release fertilizer to react too quickly. However, tests recommended by Dianne Farrer, a regional agronomist with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, . . .