Re: Female Flowers/Fruit Dying

Alright I have some new news after completing a little work outside. I
stopped the injection of fertilizer into the drip. I tested my soil and the
pH is around 7.5. Is this high enough to cause the fruit to abort. I put up
umbrellas around the newly formed female fruit (look larger than females
from a few weeks ago). Also, I am waiting for some more drip equipment to
arrive, how likely is it that this is caused by too little water (the plant
is growing like mad...main vine went from 9' to 15' in 7 days)?

Thanks

Jordan

On 7/11/06, Glenn Peters <gpeters@ll.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> >Jordan: both the 20-20-20 and 10-52-10 contain Nitrogen, too much
> nitrogen
> >can cause fruit to abort, also what are you daily temps? temps above 90
> >degrees are also known to cause aborts.
>
>
> Glenn Peters
>
>
> >I had the first of the female flowers show up at least 3-4 weeks ago. Now
> my
> >main vine is 15' long and I see several female flowers at the end of
> several
> >vines. The problem is that so far, all female flowers have turned yellow
> and
> >dropped off. I was fertilizing (very dilute) 20-20-20 and have switched
> two
> >weeks ago to 10-52-10.
> >
> >Any suggestions? I am getting worried, because the fruit should be set
> very
> >soon.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Jordan Rivington
> >
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