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Complete soluble plant foods have largely replaced the `dry mix' side dressings but depending on the plant food balance of the soil, can cause excessive leafiness because of their high content of nitrogen.
Predominance of leaf at the expense of fruit is likely to be a factor with:
However, if detected early enough in the season can be counteracted by raking and watering in superphosphate at the rate of 1 tablespoon per sq. m of area surrounding the plant. The complete dry mix fertilizers do not cause this problem because of their relatively high content of phosphorus (superphosphate).
Some of these preparations contain too much phosphorus in relation to nitrogen for leaf crops suds as:
Give these soluble plant food applied
every week from the rime seedlings become established.
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