Re: Blossom End Rot !!!!!!!!
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Blossom End Rot !!!!!!!!
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:40:11 EST
In a message dated 99-02-06 13:10:17 EST, you write:
> 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
>
Well, actually, adding calcium isn't necessarily going to help. The REASON why
the calcium isn't being taken up is usually because of a pH imbalance. The
calcium is THERE, it just isn't being taken up because the pH isn't correct.
Correct the pH and it should solve the problem. I guess a foliar spray of
seaweed and/or calcium should help too. But a lot of times it is due not
really to too much moisture, but too much moisture at ONCE. (Or too little). A
sudden change in moisture levels can cause it.
Anyway hope this helped!
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