Foliar Feeding Can Almost Instantly Cure Nutrient Deficiencies and More

Foliar feeding means to by pass the plant’s root system and deliver plant nutrients dissolved in water directly to plant cells through their leaves. Most gardeners, organic or not, usually feed nutrients to their soil, let them breakdown, and wait for the roots to take them up. It’s very effective, but slow. If you begin to see a nutrient deficiency, you need a quick fix.

Feeding the nutrients in liquid form by spraying the leaves is that quick fix. Some gardeners see the results within hours.

Organic gardeners can use liquid organic fertilizer , and others can use chemical or synthetic fertilizers like Miracle Gro . Any run off falls to the soil, where roots can later take it up later.

While the root system is the primary feeding system for most plants, all have the ability to assimilate nutrients through their leaves, which are a green factory responsible for assimilating carbon and other elements through the process of photosynthesis.

The leaves can process and absorb all of the macronutrients a plant needs as well as the micronutrients that are particularly difficult for organic gardeners to provide in the soil alone.

Correcting deficiencies is only part of the picture. Foliar feed fruit crops, like tomatoes and cucumbers, and it will greatly increase both fruit set and yield. Lettuce, spinach and leafy veggies will grow to maturity faster, while remaining sweet and tender.

One caution – try not to sprinkle the garden gnomes while liquid feeding. The fertilizer stains our tunics.

Organic gardeners can spray on liquid fish fertilizer , rich in nitrogen, and other seaweed fertilizer sprays that often have as many as 50 different trace elements that plants need for health and growth. It is difficult to know the trace element content of most dry organic fertilizers , so foliar feeding can make up for what the soil is lacking.

Many seniors, and other gardeners with physical limitations, have difficulty with the manual labor required to feed their gardens. Using liquid fertilizers like Miracle Gro , or the equivalent, can enable those gardeners to enjoy the same healthy fruits and vegetables as other gardeners. If you can turn on a faucet and drag a hose around, you can feed your garden.

Happy gardening,

Geefrank

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