Re: few seeds in pumpkins

In a message dated 4/10/2001 4:54:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Alun_Jones@excite.co.uk writes:


Yo List,
       Last week I put in a post about lack of phosphate being one reason
for seeds not being pollinated in the fruit.Glenn Andrews said he did not
agree as we all put enough phosphates in so there should not be a shortage.
Well today I read another bit of info. This says that if too much iron is
present in the ground it will lead to a deficiency of phosphate by tying up
the usable phosphates. Ironite, if over fertilized would put too much iron
in the ground and do the same thing. Any comment Glenn, Larry and Alan


Uh,.....wow...my name in the same sentence as Larry and Alan huh ?
....hmm...somethings not right !. Anyway....since 25-90% of all soil
phosphorus resides in the organic matter,and since Larry puts gobs and gobs
of manure in the patch thats constantly decomposing freeing up the
phosphorus, i doubt its tied up with the iron. I doubt it'll be a problem in
your patch either with all that manure you use.....thats all I pretend to
know  about that...G
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