Iron nails

From: Don Martinson llmen at wi.rr.com> on 2001.12.17 at 02:15:58(7928) >Warning, I do not own any anthuriums. >But when I find chlorosis, in any plant no matter what species, I dose it >with Miracid a few times, and that seems to work well. >I also would consider sticking a common iron nail and a twenty-year-old penny >in the center of the pot, in case the plant wanted more iron or copper than >the Miracid provided. I don't know about the penny, but I doubt that the nail would do any good. At best, the iron in the nail would be converted into iron oxide (rust) and still be unavailable to the plant. It used to be an old wives tail that you could treat iron deficiency in a tree by driving a few nails into it. -- Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com

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