Greening of hyacinths continues; iron seems to be the issue; experiments continue

Our hyacinths continue to move from yellow to green on the berm. In the
pond, the greening is much less. Additions: only iron.

We noted that some of our other plants were also yellowing. They too may be
short on iron.

The hyacinths in a tub of water with a little iron and a little fertilizer
have not changed noticeably, although there was a big algae bloom for a
couple of days. Not sure what to conclude from that. Maybe those hyacinth
were too far gone.

We added some tomato fertilizer last night. Will watch that for a few days
to see if there is a significant change.

The ph is still 9, so that does not seem to preclude the greening.

Overall, it seems the iron was the issue.

Jim

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"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
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Overall, it seems the iron was the issue.
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Jim,

Where'd you get the iron? And what form is it in?

BV.

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"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
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Overall, it seems the iron was the issue.
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Jim,

Where'd you get the iron? And what form is it in?

BV.
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I've been using Ironite for years although some say it's not safe. The way
our fish are breeding it has to be safe. It doesn't affect the tadpoles
either. They turn into perfect little frogs and toads. They thrive in the
same water where Ironite is used in the pots.
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We too use Ironite. Easy and, apparently, effective.

Jim

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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
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Overall, it seems the iron was the issue.
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Jim,

Where'd you get the iron? And what form is it in?

BV.

Hi, a gardner told me to spray the leaves of my plants w/a tbs of epsom
salts to a gal of water and that would green up my plants...do you think I
could use it on the pond plants without hurting my fish?
CR

CRC wrote:
Hi, a gardner told me to spray the leaves of my plants w/a tbs of
epsom
salts to a gal of water and that would green up my plants...do you
think I
could use it on the pond plants without hurting my fish?
CR

Not only safe but recomended, Epsom Salts are Magnesium Sulfate...
after NPK Iron and Magnesium (Sulfer is in the list too) are the two
most required elements, the three that most affect Greening of leaves
are in order Nitrogen Iron Magsesium...

When adding those (Nitrogen Iron Magsesium) thru a man-made product they
are usually in an easier form for the plants to uptake, if the pH wasn't
high 8.4, imho, the plants would be green on what is in the water column.
Course it is always YMMV depending on your water and where you live. )
~ jan


CRC wrote:
Hi, a gardner told me to spray the leaves of my plants w/a tbs of epsom
salts to a gal of water and that would green up my plants...do you think I
could use it on the pond plants without hurting my fish?
CR

Not only safe but recomended, Epsom Salts are Magnesium Sulfate...
after NPK Iron and Magnesium (Sulfer is in the list too) are the two
most required elements, the three that most affect Greening of leaves
are in order Nitrogen Iron Magsesium... ajames54

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
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We too use Ironite. Easy and, apparently, effective.

Jim
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I also use it in the garden and the earthworms are thriving.
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"CRC" wrote in message
...
Hi, a gardner told me to spray the leaves of my plants w/a tbs of epsom
salts to a gal of water and that would green up my plants...do you think I
could use it on the pond plants without hurting my fish?
CR
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Yes. I add a heaping TBS of Epsom Salts per 1000 gals of water every month
to my ponds.
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Thanks..I'll give it a try
CR