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PostPosted: Dec 11th, '14, 19:43 
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Just thought I would share this.
My silverbeet after some cropping went weird.
The white stems went brown, the roots started rotting and the leaves went a sort of purple and very brittle.
I cut all the horrible parts off and heavily sprinkled borax around the remains and watered it in.
New shoots started after a couple of days and two weeks and they have lush green foliage and white crisp stems.
I read somewhere silverbeet needs boron so gave it a try and couldnt believe the results.


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 Post subject: Re: silverbeet tonic
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interesting I've got a similar problem with dark muted browny green growth on my silver beet that is very brittle, It crumbles in my hand like old paper.


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mattyoga wrote:
interesting I've got a similar problem with dark muted browny green growth on my silver beet that is very brittle, It crumbles in my hand like old paper.


Exactly how mine felt.


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PostPosted: Dec 12th, '14, 14:49 
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Heres a good reference on the topic,

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets ... rowing.pdf

So it would appear I can add Boron deficiency to the list of AP deficiencies!


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