Human vitamins for plants
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Comments (104)It makes soo much more sense to first concentrate on providing a sound nutritional supplementation program than to simply buy into the idea there's a magic concoction that will somehow provide compensation for any/all ills emanating from the grower asking the plant to deal with cultural conditions the plant is not programmed to deal with. The reasonable suggestion is fix the limiting cultural condition. This thread has been broadened to include vague generalities and what ifs; and, in it it's suggested many things are unknown about plants, and anything is possible which is like suggesting apples will start to rise from trees tomorrow instead of fall to the ground. That someone or several someones embrace a 'rising apples theory' should not be viewed as a clarion call to teachers to consider the notion a serious possibility and provide instruction time in classrooms equal to that given Newton's work. We're really not discussing the idea that a pill/ elixir might somehow benefit something that benefits something that proves beneficial to the plant (I think we all agree that's true), at least I'm not, and that wasn't what the OP was asking. I'm suggesting that for container culture, the stress resultant of poor basic cultural conditions cannot be cured by a pill or magic elixir unless the product provides specific remedy for the factor most limiting to the plant, and Liebig's Law of the Minimum is concurrent with that reasoning. Liebig's barrel ^^^ Eg., here the factor limiting growth/vitality is a nitrogen deficiency, and increasing the supply of any/all other factors will not cure the N deficiency. Any pill/ potion provided would need to facilitate uptake of nitrogen in order to fix it (that's what fertilizer is for, and we know it works, used appropriately). Unless we know in advance what we're doing can provide relief for a nitrogen deficiency w/o harmful unintended side-effects, the risk is many thousands or even millions to one that more harm than good will result. Liebig's law also includes other limiting factors like light, temperature, pests, and soil conditions. To wit, more fertilizer cannot compensate for a deficiency of light any more than more light can't compensate for a nutritional deficiency. For those who embrace the 'anything is possible' line of thought, consider the odds are astronomically high that an amalgamation formulated to provide an actually cure for a human illness would have a limiting effect, not beneficial. It's not by way of a closed mind that I arrive at a conclusion I've given quite a bit of consideration to. The idea that anything is possible is appealing on it's face, but when considering the probability that harm through providing any of a random assortment of pills or tonics to plants with no understanding of what result to expect is far more likely to harm than benefit, I think I'd be very inclined to avoid the disappointment that comes from placing hope in miracles. Of course, they happen ...... just not often enough to reasonably expect them. That's the view from here. Al...See MoreWhy do we(humans water plants)???
Comments (3)NickRose, I begin to learn when someone - usually a child - asks me a question starting with the word 'why?'... and I cannot answer. Your question appeared so easy to answer until I tried. So here is a collection of statements because I cannot put them in definite order. All of mankind's needs were satisfied by plants. Food, shelter, fuel, clothing, medicine. Man is the most adaptive of all creatures. He can alter his environment to the extent that he can live anywhere on earth.( I believe that the cockroach may be the second-most adaptive creature.) Man had to learn to husband animals and crops to defend against famine caused by drought, flooding, plagues and the like I imagine that water conservation would have been his chief concern. It was essential to him, his animals and his crops. As populations grow and crop-lands become more scarce the need for better crop production becomes acute. Plant breeding and irrigating/water conservation methods are the chief means of maintaining an adequate world food supply. Here is a link to the beginnings of drip irrigation. I include it because, long ago and far away, I was fortunate to listen to Dr. Goldberg on the subject of drip irrigation And as a spin off, you and I can buy an Aglaonema "Crete", and place it anywhere in the house and keep it alive and healthy because we know to water it. This post was edited by ronalawn82 on Sun, Nov 3, 13 at 20:41...See MoreAdding human-type vitamins to soil or water
Comments (5)There are many fertilizers (both liquid and granule) that contain all the major and minor nutrients. Its not hard to find liquid fertilizer for $30ish/gallon. The dilution is about 1/2 a teaspoon per gallon of water. It ends up being over 1,500 doses per $30... or $.02 per gallon. I'm not sure you can find a human-type vitamin that cheap. Also, a liquid fertilizer is easier to adjust the dilution as needed ~james...See MoreCan I give human calcium vitamins to plants
Comments (1)I buy the cheapest calcium tablets every year and feed my tomato plants. I have never had a case of blossom end rot so they must be helping....See MoreJungle_Fever
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