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Napa Valley, CA

I have been gardening for over 40 years and always have assumed that vitamin B-1 helped reduce transplant shock and helped stimulate new root growth because that was what I always was told.
Before transplanting my tomatoes this year, I decided to do a little research on B-1.
Turns out that B-1 does not reduce transplant shock like I thought it did.
Washington State University has done some research on this.
Here is the link
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/Horticultural%20Myths_files/Myths/Vitamin%20B1.pdf

This same site also has some interesting insights on aerated and nonaerated compost tea.

4/23/2009 12:34:36 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Great article George. GO COUGS!

4/23/2009 1:11:05 PM