Re: Yellow Pumpkin Leaves
What about too much steer manure. The top 2-3 inches of the garden is steer
manure and the pumpkin plants were placed in it.
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Olaris <polaris@WOLFENET.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: Yellow Pumpkin Leaves
> > Good Evening, I was wondering if anyone(I am sure most of you know) knew
> > why my seedling pumpkin plants, the leaves are turning yellow???
>
> It is normal for the seed leaves to die off after the plant has numerous
true
> leaves and is well established. Yellowing can also appear due to
chlorosis,
> which indicates an iron deficiency or problems with iron uptake due to a
> high (alkaline) soil pH. If you have added too much lime to your planting
site
> this may be the problem. An iron deficiency can be remedied by adding
chelated
> iron to your soil or applying it as a foliar spray. I'm not sure what the
> problem is if you have a young seedling growing in potting soil in a
container.
>
> Shaun
>
> --
> Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies.. that which
to
> us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself. -T. Casey
Brennan
>
> polaris@wolfenet.com ++ PGP email welcome
>
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