Reply To: Red Legged Earth Mite

  • Kate Tarrant

    Member
    12/06/2024 at 8:38 am

    Hi Will, We have had some red legs in some of the paddocks we seeded to multi species.. in particular they were hammering the legumes & brassicas. Mark Tupman @mark suggested spraying out Magnesium Suplhate at a rate of 5 to 7kg/ha along with some molasses… our soils are quite deficient in magnesium & I think if my understanding is correct, magnesium is essential for protein synthesis (converting nitrate to ammonia to proteins) & molasses helps to provide energy for the process, and RELM love high nitrate conditions.. but I’ll leave Mark to explain further &/or correct me.