Re: Origin of Vegetable Crops
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Origin of Vegetable Crops
- From: W* V* I*
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:17:16 -0500 (EST)
Dear Punkinguy:
This could have been the cause, I left the plants in my livinging room
for a extended time due to getting a pacemaker installed. They were quite large
when I was able to transplant them. This is the kind of input I require so I can
judge & improve on my performance this year. I had good seed, good water,
lack of
knowledge & bad luck.
Keep information coming.
Thanks & stored;
Bill Van
At 08:06 PM 4/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Bill,
> Your leaves turned white and died after transplant. How long were the
>seedlings inside before they were transplanted out? If a plant stays inside
>for a couple weeks and then is transplanted out under full sunlight, you can
>get burn from not properly hardening off the seedling. Grow lights are better
>than nothing, but are no match for the intensity of the direct sun. If a
>plant breaks the soil in the pot and is put out right away, hardening off is
>not needed. If you have an old seedling, put it out for a few hours in direct
>sun, or put out in a partially shaded area for a few days. Don't overwater
>the seedling and let it get used to the sun and the outside elements slowly.
>Transplant on a cloudy day is also helpful. If it was burn from a tender
>seedling, I wonder if the second seedling may have been transplanted on a
>cloudy day or rainy spell. That might explain why the other seedling wasn't
>burned.
> pumkinguy
>
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