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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #653

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #653
From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:45:43 -0800
In-Reply-To: <199811182048.PAA05686 at acme_actwin.com>

At 03:48 PM 11/18/98 -0500, Dave wrote:
>From: eworobe at cc_UManitoba.CA
>Subject: Re: EDTA/gluconate
>In an oxic environment "reducing agents" will not prevent the oxidation 
>of ferrous iron.

Dave, can you please tell me what is an "oxic environment"?

>The charge on chelated iron is irrelevant to iron uptake. 

I was under the impression that only ferrous iron was readily taken up by
plants.



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