Southern Ag has essential minor elements in new granular form

[PalmatierMeg]

Today I bought a 40lb bag of this new Southern Ag product from a home-based seller in Punta Gorda. I have a number of struggling palms on my new property that I figured needed extra iron and other minors. If you live in S. FL you surely know how poor our soil is. Before I had to pay big bucks for bottles of nasty brown concentrate that I had to mix in water and pour over each plant again and again. And I discovered last weekend that no Big Box or local nursery even carries Southern Ag Chelated Iron or Minor Elements in liquid, much less the new granular. Now I just spread some granules around each palm and water in. In an hour I treated over a dozen palms without breaking my back. One-quarter to one-half cup of this stuff treats 100 sq ft. I plan to spread some in all my gardens - 40 lbs goes a long way. Check this product out - you should save money, time and effort.

ESSENTIAL MINOR ELEMENTS

New Granular Formulation • Contains 7 minor elements, high in Magnesium and Iron • Corrects minor element deficiencies • No mixing/ No spraying - use as a dry fertilizer

CONTAINS: Magnesium 8%, Manganese 2%, Iron 5%, Sulfur 8%, Copper .25%, Zinc 0.5%, Boron .03%.

USE ON: Shrubs, trees, lawns, flowers and vegetables

FOR: The correction or prevention of minor element deficiencies.

RATE: Gardens - Preventative; 1/4 - 1/2 cup per 10 sq. ft. or 1 1/4 - 2 1/2 lbs. (2 1/2 - 5 cups) per 100 sq. ft. Curative; 1 cup per 10 sq. ft. or 5 lbs. (10 cups) per 100 sq. ft. Turf; 1 lb. (2 cups) per 100 sq. ft. or 10 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft.

APPLICATION: Apply dry and water in thoroughly.

PACKED:

12 x 1 lb. bottle - #04601

10 x 5 lb. bag - #04605

25 lb. bag - #04607

Also, from my supplier I bought a 2 oz. bottle of Bayer Merit 75WP insecticide powder (imidicloprid). It is 75% imidicloprid vs the minute amount in the liquid Bayer product you find at garden centers. A 2 oz. bottle makes 100 gallons of systemic insecticide. We have a lot of plants that attract a lot of pests and this will be a lot cheaper than buying those clunky blue bottles of liquid.

[empireo22]

Do you have a link from where you bought it from?

[_Keith]

Although it is not 100%, imidicloprid has been linked to bee colony colapse and that class of insecticides does indeed look to be the culprit.

[sonoranfans]

Although it is not 100%, imidicloprid has been linked to bee colony colapse and that class of insecticides does indeed look to be the culprit.

good info there Keith...

[PalmatierMeg]

Interesting info regarding bees. I will have to be careful. Has anyone indicated just how this insecticde gets to bees? By topical application? What if it is applied only systemically? I can easily avoid applying it systemically to flowering plants bees might visit, which would include palms when they are in flower.

[PalmatierMeg]

Do you have a link from where you bought it from?

I will PM you the link.

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Interesting info regarding bees. I will have to be careful. Has anyone indicated just how this insecticde gets to bees? By topical application? What if it is applied only systemically? I can easily avoid applying it systemically to flowering plants bees might visit, which would include palms when they are in flower.

Since imidicloprid has systemic modality, all methods of application could be suspect, but especially soil drench...neonicotinols will translocate throughout all vascular tissue, and that includes the inflorescence.... in dicots the product can last for 12 months, but it seems to metabolize more quickly in monocots, so the half life in situ may be as low as 6 months in palms.

For that reason i abort any inflorescence for at least a year if i use the product.

Rusty

[MattyB]

Cut off the flowers.