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Boron

Beans are very sensitive to boron and should not be grown in a field where boron was applied to rutabagas, sugar beets or forages in the previous year. Boron is needed only in very small quantities, and since an overdose is toxic, take extreme care in its use. Boron deficiency has not been diagnosed in…Continue readingBoron

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Zinc

Low zinc conditions may occur on low organic matter, compacted, sandy, very high pH and/or eroded soils. Deficiency symptoms may also appear when early growing season conditions are cool and wet. Zinc is not very mobile in plants so deficiency generally appears on new growth. Leaves will appear pale green between veins with yellowing of…Continue readingZinc