Re: Blossom End Rot !!!!!!!!
Roger,
It is a hunch that I have that some of the variability in the size of these
AG is caused by root damage like rot. Ive gone to great lengths to address
this hunch and scraped the patches top soil off and got down into the clay .
Added lava rock sand . For better drainage. Alot of growers use calcium
nitrate........Brock
res wrote:
> 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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