Guess i thought it would push them to finish up but more flowers is a good thing so i will take it
Well, foliar sprays are a delicate, precise thing when it comes to high brix. Too many people are just making up their own sprays, adding all kinds of stuff, not having a friggin' clue what they're doing.
From the manufacturer of Bloomit:
With an analysis of 2-18-0.1Mn, Bloomit® creates an environment conducive to seed development. This liquid foliar product is extremely beneficial in soybeans as it has the potential to increase the number of pods per plant and aids in reducing alternate bearing in fruit trees. By increasing plant reproductive properties, yield should improve as well. Do not apply Bloomit® when vegetative growth is desired.
Recommended Application
2 qts/acre Bloomit®
2 lbs/acre Dextrose
20 gal/acre Water
Typically Recommended Crops
Soybeans
Legume Crops
Fruit Trees
Fruit trees determine buds in the fall. After a heavy fruit bearing year, apply Bloomit® after harvest but before fall dormancy to potentially reduce alternate bearing. Bloomit® has also been used to encourage more blossom development after a damaging spring frost.
Apples
Oranges
Lemons
Peaches
Seeds come from ovules, which include the calyx and the pistils. So....if you spray a product that "creates an environment conducive to seed development" You can expect pistils. No pistils=no fertilization=no seeds.
The time to spray Bloomit is BEFORE the plant is in bloom, as it is about to bloom, and during the early phase of the bloom cycle when calyxes are forming.
Amaze slightly favors vegetative growth, but it also acts as bulking agent, ONCE THE FLOWERS AND FRUIT IS FORMED.
In part I of this advertorial series we looked at the surprising turnaround on Dwayne Bowman's apple orchard. AMAZE, a 5-16-4 with 5 units of calcium, was highlighted as a calcium foliar spray used to increase apple size, quality, and yield. In part II of this series we looked at AMAZE’s mode of action and some important attributes necessary for a truly effective calcium foliar spray. In this third and last of our advertorials I want to place AMAZE in the larger context of how it works when incorporated with other products and a good soil program.
One of the unique teachings of Dr. Carey Reams is that fertilizers can push a crop toward vegetative growth or reproduction. This concept is very important to understand, especially when foliar spraying crops. The wrong product at the wrong time can drastically reduce yield. Since AMAZE is slightly on the growth side of the energy spectrum, it is not recommended for continuously flowering crops such as soybeans. On the other hand, growth energy is what bulks crops, so it works great on bulking fruit and vegetables—particularly fruit trees, bramble fruit, salad greens, root veggies, and vining fruits. For reproductive fruit and vegetables begin application after blossom drop.
AMAZE is not a silver bullet, nor does it replace a good soil program. Rather, it complements it by increasing the return from the nutrients applied to the soil. A good soil program must address four important areas; soil energy, foundational minerals, humus and biology, and trace elements. For a complete overview please see the article 4 Bases of Mineralized Soil included with this information. You must keep soil energy up in order for AMAZE to work properly. If soil energy, as measured on a conductivity meter is low, i.e. less than 200 micro Siemens/centimeter (ERGS) for non-saline soils, the effectiveness of the foliar program is drastically reduced. A good rule of thumb is 400 ERGS for non-saline soils.
So, during veg.....Spray Amaze and PGR. A week before bloom, spray Bloomit and PGR and spray maybe once or twice more in order to encourage the formation of reproductive structures. Once they are formed, you can make them bigger and bulkier using Amaze and PGR.
Bloomit has absolutely no relation to products like MOAB, Bushmaster, Gravity or other flower hardeners or finishers. Bloomit is completely safe for human consumption, whereas those other products are intended for ornamentals only.
I hope this helps you out! I'm always shocked how folks go out and buy stuff and don't really know how to use it, and when it's stuff that I introduce and recommend, I sort of take a personal interest, because I don't want people to mess up their grows after misunderstanding what I'm doing.
To sum up:
In proper soil, the following foliar schedule can be used:
1.)beginning when the plant has 4 or 5 sets of leaves spray weekly with Amaze and PGR. You could also add Dextrose or even a very acidic fish fertilizer as well:
AMAZE is frequently combined with other products such as liquid calcium nitrate, phos acid fish, PGR, ferric nitrate, manganese nitrate, and liquid B12.
Liquid Calcium Nitrate:
Holds a reputation for producing bulk through strong growth energy components. This product can be added to AMAZE at 1 quart per acre.
Phos Acid Fish:
This product is a liquid fish that has been acidified with phosphoric acid to bring the pH down to 3.5 or less. Phos acid fish is reproductive in its effect on plants. International Ag Labs large produce customers in Mexico report that AMAZE combined with phos acid fish gives greater color intensity in melons. When combined with AMAZE use 1-2 quarts per acre.
PGR:
A liquid seaweed-based product from International Ag Labs that provides seaweed-derived auxins and cytokinins. These natural plant regulators cause cells to elongate and divide. It functions as a bulker and works synergistically with AMAZE to induce larger sized produce. It also supplies potassium and an extensive array of trace minerals. PGR is used at the rate of 1 quart per acre.
One new application for AMAZE is to combine it with the nitrate form of trace elements and use AMAZE as the carrier to deliver mobile trace elements into the plant. Ferric nitrate has been used when iron is tied up by high soil pH’s.
There are many variables! Don't shoot from the hip with a blindfold on.....ask before you spray.
