Blossom End Rot !!!!!!!!
- To: "Pumkin List"
- Subject: Blossom End Rot !!!!!!!!
- From: r*
- Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:11:13 -0800
I have to attend 15 hrs of class each year to keep my spray license. One
of the speakers this year was a Phd in plant Physiology talking about roots
and their importance to the plants. She said that they have determined
blossom rot, in pumpkins and squash, is caused when the plant is made
susceptible to the rot by the inability to take in calcium. It may be a
lack of calcium in the soil, but most of the time it is excess soil
moisture or humidity. If possible elevate the planting sites so there is
drainage. I had the thought that adding calcium to the leaf feeding might
also help. Roger
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