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Winchester, Ohio

And this evening I had one of those moments where you remember something that you have known forever but didn't recall at the right time. I cleaned out my ibc tote that I mix fertilizer in, it had a bunch of precipitate at the bottom. At that moment I remember my liquid fertilizer dealer several years ago telling me to watch what I mixed with the boron because it will precipitate. When I applied boron I also mixed in other fertilizer. I think my boron level in the soil is lower than it should be because a bunch of it was sitting at the bottom of my tank. Lesson learned, next time I'll apply the boron by itself.

7/1/2026 9:13:00 PM

Grittyville, WA

Interesting. Add that one pile of "I applied it but I'm not seeing any effect."

7/2/2026 5:52:45 PM

Grittyville, WA

Good question about the copper. Mine have tested low sometimes... I think it affects the leaves and probably the pumpkin. In bad cases the leaves may change color and/or be slightly or highly perforated with cracks/holes. But I haven't seen an extreme case of copper deficiency in the garden that I'm totally certain about, but I have seen it on some local trees.

7/2/2026 5:58:54 PM

Grittyville, WA

I'm concerned that cracks in leaves might also mean cracks in pumpkins, but that's speculative. Perhaps it is a factor, one of many factors.

7/2/2026 6:01:47 PM

Winchester, Ohio

I'm not seeing any sign of deficiency in regards to the copper. I do know that low copper levels can effect seed quality in other crops, not sure if that's the case in these things.

7/3/2026 9:21:03 AM