Log date: 10/26/2014
Decided to try a foliar spray of kelp extract on a few plants. The light green trees look like they are lacking nitrogen. Will try that next after this experiment.
Anemic plants
Month: October 2014
Good diagram of nutrient deficiencies
This blog post describes deficiencies well and it has an illustration of the symptoms.
Kelp extract foliar application
Log date: 10/25/2014
This plant was transplanted a year ago. It has never grown well and finally got stabilized after drip irrigation was added six months ago. However, it is still very slow growing as in not at all. Decided to try a foliar application of kelp extract at one teaspoon per gallon solution. We will see if things change. From the looks of the leaves, there are no visible nutrient deficiencies.
More kelp extract for aquaponic
Log date: 10/25/2014
The kelp extract added yesterday totally cleared up from the tank.
It seems that maybe the kelp extract was attached the hoses in the system. These hoses were clear the day before.
Decided to add another teaspoon to the system. Once again, the water was the color of tea.
Slow growth in new aquaponic setup
Log date: 10/24/2014
The aquaponic system started about a month and a half ago. The fish where introduced a month ago. The plants have not really grown much with the lack of nutrients.
Today, I dosed the tank with a teaspoon of kelp extract. It is a very small amount but wanted to keep the water less murky.
Aphids on the lettuce in the aquaponic system
Log date: 10/24/2014
Where did these aphids come from. I guess aquaponics is not immune to aphids. Rinsed out the plant outside. Took the gravel around the plant and rinsed it in the fish tank for a fish treat. Yum yum.
Maxicrop kelp extract for not very healthy trees
Log date: 10/23/2014
These trees seem to be a bit unhealthy. All trees are on automatic drip irrigation three times a week for 40 minutes. They receive plenty of sunlight in the garden.
The clementine tree is struggling with yellow leaves and stunted growth. It has been about the same size for about five years. It started out in a container and two years ago was transplanted into the ground.
The apple trees have bronze patches on some leaves. A five year old tree did bare fruit but in the past couple of months started getting the bronze patches. The other two apple trees are just newbies planted a year ago.
The cherry trees are also newbies planted a year ago. They are definitely struggling.
On 10/23/2014, they were dosed with a kelp extract from Maxicrop using one teaspoon per gallon of water.
Looks like iron deficiency
Log date: 10/23/2014
This grapefruit tree has leaves that look like the tree is lacking iron. Dosed with a teaspoon of chelated iron FeDTPA sprinkled on the surface. Then watered to soak into the soil. Date of treatment is 10/23/2014.
Adding calcium to potted fruit trees
Log date: 10/23/2014
These potted citrus trees appear to be deficient in calcium. Just added hydrated lime on 10/23/2014. Used 1 tablespoon per gallon solution.
