Dothan Eagle in Dothan, Alabama

Root Vegetables May Need Borax

Borax may boost sandy soil grown root vegetables like turnips beets carrots and rutabagas two tablespoons per 100 feet of row can improve vigor deeper color and vitamin content J C Ford extension gardener notes borax leaves soil in a year so reapply with each planting but use carefully as it can harm some crops beans and others planted later cautioning against excess