Sentence examples for foliar vegetables from inspiring English sources
They are C4 dicotyledonous annual plants, many of which are ubiquitous weeds (e.g. A. spinosus, A. tuberculatus and A. retroflexus), whereas others (e.g. A. tricolor and A. hybridus), are used as foliar vegetables of high vitamin and mineral content, mainly in Asia and Africa [ 2, 3].
However, there is a paucity of information on the combinations of foliar fertilizer and organic manure usage for vegetable crop production.
Research in row, vegetable, and fruit crops suggests plant growth is enhanced with a foliar or soil drench application of imidacloprid [ 3].
Leaf, or foliar, nematodes (Aphelenchoides species) and bulb and stem nematodes (Ditylenchus dipsaci) cause severe losses in vegetable and ornamental bulb crops, clovers, alfalfa, strawberry, sweet potato, orchids, chrysanthemums, begonias, and ferns.
Zodape et al. (2011) observed that foliar application of liquid extracts of Kappaphycus alvarezii promoted the yield potency of Lycopersicon esculentum, a vegetable crop.
From soil, vegetables can take both nutrients and toxic elements, such as heavy metals, directly by root adsorption and indirectly, through foliar absorption of contaminated soil particles.
Just use commercial foliar fertilizer in spring and summer, when they are in active growth.
Or you could give a foliar feed that you spray straight on to the leaves.
Use foliar sprays of liquid seaweed rather than high-nitrogen fertilizers that encourage leafy growth attractive to aphids.
To remedy the problem, use iron chelate, either as a foliar feed or added to the soil.
