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Episode 4: Building the foundation
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In this episode
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Calcium, boron and silicon: the concrete in the foundation.
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Would you build a house on that concrete?
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Days in beans, weeks in tree crops: Steve’s rule of thumb.
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Why potassium waits until the foundation’s poured.
By the end, you’ll…
- name the three amigos, and the job they do together
- time calcium to the cell-division window
- know when you’ve earned the right to use potassium
“Earn the right to use potassium.”
Episode 4 · Building the foundation
Take home
Foundation first: calcium, boron and silicon before potassium.
Try it on your farm
- Mark your crop’s cell-division window on the calendar.
- Check what’s in the bag before you change the recipe.
- Hold the potassium until the foundation’s poured.
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Episode 4: Building the foundation
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In this episode
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Part 1The three amigos
Calcium, boron and silicon: the concrete in the foundation.
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Part 2Change the recipe in the bag
Would you build a house on that concrete?
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Part 3Cell division windows
Days in beans, weeks in tree crops: Steve’s rule of thumb.
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Part 4The lone wolf, Mr Potassium
Why potassium waits until the foundation’s poured.
By the end, you’ll…
- name the three amigos, and the job they do together
- time calcium to the cell-division window
- know when you’ve earned the right to use potassium
“Earn the right to use potassium.”
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The three amigos, and the lone wolf.
Steve teaches the foundation minerals the way you’d build a house: the slab goes down before anything goes in it.
Pour the foundation first
Steve calls calcium, boron and silicon the three amigos. They’re the concrete in the foundation, and everything else is built on it.
Change the recipe in the bag and ask yourself whether you’d build a house on that concrete. And time it: a fruit makes most of its cells early, in a window Steve puts at days in beans and weeks in tree crops, and that window doesn’t come back.
Earn the right
Potassium fills the house. It’s a big part of fruit size and quality, and it’s often the first thing on the order. Steve’s rule is to earn the right to use it: foundation first, then potassium.
“Earn the right to use potassium.”
