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Posted by helen
Berry food December 02, 2016 03:03AM |
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Re: Berry food December 02, 2016 04:00AM |
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I use sulphate of potash (when I remember!) which promotes healthy plants and helps improve the fruit quality and flavour. Sprinkle it now around your berry bushes/all fruit trees and water it in, and do it again when they finish bearing this season's fruit to build them up and get good results for next year's crops.
It's extremely easy not to apply nourishment to fruit trees - I am very forgetful at that and half the time I'm never too sure when it should be applied, but I sure notice a difference next season when I do it!
Regards,
Dawn.
It's extremely easy not to apply nourishment to fruit trees - I am very forgetful at that and half the time I'm never too sure when it should be applied, but I sure notice a difference next season when I do it!
Regards,
Dawn.
Re: Berry food December 02, 2016 05:42AM |
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Re: Berry food December 02, 2016 05:52AM |
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You can buy a bottle of Yates Strawberry & Berry food... you can use it on other fruiting plants too. Dawn is right on, potassium is very important for ripening of any fruit bearing plants. The Yates premix has quite a high ratio of potassium in it already, plus other bits.
[www.yates.co.nz]
Or if you want an organic product, the Dynamic Lifter range is great. It comes as very stinky pellets, much like sheep pellets but MUCH stinkier! They offer a fruit specific option as well.
[www.yates.co.nz]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 05:54AM by Jenna.
[www.yates.co.nz]
Or if you want an organic product, the Dynamic Lifter range is great. It comes as very stinky pellets, much like sheep pellets but MUCH stinkier! They offer a fruit specific option as well.
[www.yates.co.nz]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 05:54AM by Jenna.
Re: Berry food December 12, 2016 10:00AM |
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Antioxidants
Berries are potent sources of antioxidants that essentially act like little bodyguards protecting cells from damage, which can lead to premature aging and disease. But antioxidants are also linked to weight control. Some exciting new research from the University of Florida found that people who consume more antioxidants weigh less, even when they don’t eat fewer calories. The researchers developed an index that ranks the number of calories consumed from plant-based foods compared with overall daily calorie intake called the petrochemical index, or PI score. A totally plant-based, vegan diet (excluding hard liquor and refined sugars) could have a perfect score of 100, whereas a typical American diet, heavy with meat, sugar, and fried foods and low in fruits and veggies, would score below 20. In a study published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, the Florida scientists found that people of normal weight had PI scores 10.3 points higher, on average, than overweight or obese people. And even though both groups consumed about the same number of daily calories, those with lower PI scores weighed more, had larger waistlines, and higher body fat percentages.
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Berries are potent sources of antioxidants that essentially act like little bodyguards protecting cells from damage, which can lead to premature aging and disease. But antioxidants are also linked to weight control. Some exciting new research from the University of Florida found that people who consume more antioxidants weigh less, even when they don’t eat fewer calories. The researchers developed an index that ranks the number of calories consumed from plant-based foods compared with overall daily calorie intake called the petrochemical index, or PI score. A totally plant-based, vegan diet (excluding hard liquor and refined sugars) could have a perfect score of 100, whereas a typical American diet, heavy with meat, sugar, and fried foods and low in fruits and veggies, would score below 20. In a study published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, the Florida scientists found that people of normal weight had PI scores 10.3 points higher, on average, than overweight or obese people. And even though both groups consumed about the same number of daily calories, those with lower PI scores weighed more, had larger waistlines, and higher body fat percentages.
[www.foodmicroconsulting.com]
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