Hello Lou.

I was looking for an overview of this book that you mentioned, but could not find one. I am curious; does he just focus on growing trees and landscape shrubs in his book, or does he have any information on growing veggies in containers?

Thanks!

JJ - It's a technical text aimed at commercial production of landscape plants, but trust me - if you master the information in this text, you will have no difficulty growing vegetables in containers. It is full of information applicable to all aspects of container culture.

Lou - I intend to use the ProTeKt in conjunction with either the Foliage-Pro 9-3-6 or MG 12-4-8 or 24-8-16 (or any 3-1-2 ratio when you wish to reduce the N) as a way to keep K levels up as I reduce N rates on fruiting plants (and those bonsai I wish to slow growth on). All those fertilizers have twice the P that most plants need, so you can half the N w/o creating a P deficiency in most cases. When you do that though. you need to make up for the lowered K, and the 0-0-3 in ProTeKt should be a great way to do it while adding the silicon it contains for stronger plants.

Al

JJ,

Check out the link to read some info that are in the book to get an idea what it is like. It's like reading a college textbook... It is really geared for growing in rootmaker products and Whitcomb's other products as it was explained in great details on why they work, how they outperform traditional smooth sided containers that are commonly used by nurseries. Worth the price if you intend to grow plants in rootmaker products and plant them out in the field or for business, etc. I've had enough of crappy root system from trees that most nurseries sell.

Al,

Thanks. It's interesting product. I spilled a bit on the garage floor and it formed some kind of white substance on the floor??? I also have Foliage Pro 9-3-6 to try it out. Thanks very much!

Lou

Here is a link that might be useful: Stuff in book

Tapla and Lou:

Thanks to you both for the information. The website has lots of information; will take some time to read it over in more detail.

Thanks. It's interesting product. I spilled a bit on the garage floor and it formed some kind of white substance on the floor???

I believe you are witnessing a chemical reaction. I saw the same thing. The label instructions for the pro tekt say to never mix it with another fertilizer unless first diluted. The label didn't say why not though so I mixed some PT with FP concentrate to see what would happen and the result was white goop. Not sure what is happening, but my guess is that the silicon is solidifying.