Re: [Bulk] Re: Female Flowers/Fruit Dying

Believe me, this has already driven me to drink.

On 7/11/06, Gregory <gregory@schraiber.com> wrote:
>
> Thats where the alcohol comes in! :)
>
> Jordan Rivington wrote:
> > Well, at this point, the female flowers have not even opened yet.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On 7/11/06, Richard Plourde <rick23@rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> There is also a possibility that the fruit was not pollinated.  This
> >> happened to me  a few times and everytime there was rain or
> >> accidental overhead irrigation that seemed to have washed away the
> >> pollen.
> >>
> >> Richard Plourde
> >>
> >> Le 06-07-11 ` 12:42, Jordan Rivington a icrit :
> >>
> >>
> >>> Daily temps are around low 80s. Perhaps I will stop all fertilizing
> >>> for a
> >>> few weeks.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> 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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