--- Bruce Stallsmith <fundulus_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> The advantage of a liquid fertilizer containing iron
> (I forgot to mention
> before that Iron Green is a thick liquid) is that
> the iron is present in the
> right ionic form. Iron is usually not very soluble
> in water (Fe+3 if I
> remember correctly), but the other common form of
> iron is (Fe+2). The
> railroad spike would eventually work, but may
> introduce other unwanted
> metals.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> still hangin' in Huntsville, AL
>
> >From: "B.G. Granier" <bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net>
> >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> >Subject: Re: NANFA-- Milfoil Update/Wintering Pond
> Plants
> >Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:58:00 -0600
> >
> >Reading the responses to native submerged
> vegetation.........
> >
> >What would be the response of native submergant
> vegetation to a source of
> >irom, like a submerged "old" railroad spike that
> contains plenty of iron
> >and
> >other metals? As oppossed to the commercially
> available "Iron" plant
> >supplements?
> >
> >BG
>
>
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