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Re: Pale Leaves

thanks, I'll give it a try.
Diana

>----------
>From:  Bob Carter[SMTP:bcarter@AWINC.COM]
>Sent:  May 13, 1997 12:31 PM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:       Re: Pale Leaves
>
>Hi Diana,
>
>> I planted five Early Bush tomatoes last Saturday and some baby basil
>> near each other.  The basil is about 1.5 inches tall.  All were started
>> in the house from seed and lived in sunny windows.  Our day temps here
>> (Albuquerque) are fluctuating from 68 to 80 degrees during the day and
>> 40 to 52 at night.  I noticed on Monday that the Basil is starting to
>> get pale and some of the leaves (lover ones) on two of the tomato plants
>> (close to the Basil) are turning white, not yellow, but white.  The
>> discoloration seems to be moving from the outer edge of the leaves
>> towards the center.  I'm sorry for the long note, but I wanted to be
>> very specific in the hopes that someone could help.  Oh yes, there are
>> three San Remo tomato plants that are 2.5 feet tall and looking good in
>> the space behind the newly planted ones.  I planted the San Remo in late
>> March and protected them with  Reemay covers and milk cartons.  So I
>> don't think its the soil (???).
>> Thanks,
>> Diana
>
>It sounds like sun scald.  Sunscalded leaves look white.   Basil is
>particularly
>sensitive to this, I've seen whole basil plantings wiped out by sun scald (or
>sunburn if you prefer).  Get your reemay back out over the effected plants
>and
>gradually get them used to the full sun.  Give them increasing long exposures
>of
>direct morning sunlight each day until you don't need the reemay any more.
>It
>takes a period of about a week.  It is blazingly brilliant out now and indoor
>or
>greenhouse grown plants that aren't fully hardened off to the sun before
>planting out are going to suffer.  Glass filters out the UV radiation that is
>causing the scalding so plants that have been in a sunny window are still
>"soft"
>(sensitive) to the full sun.
>
>Good luck,
>
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