Ask Hack-Me / How to prevent leafs from witing
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- Subject: Ask Hack-Me / How to prevent leafs from witing
- From: "* A* <c*@value.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:48:30 -0800
Dan Shapiro & Group,
It was Dr. Hack-me (Pumpkinguy's) posting
early in 1996 regarding leaf wilt and cooling of plants by water evaporation
that led me to devise a overhead micro emmitter system to cool my plants during
the '97 growing season. Although someone in California had already devised such
a system for pumpkins they were of no constructive assistance in helping me
design my own system. Again Dr. Hack-me has adressed the subject eloquently. To
sum up what he has stated if your plants are wilting your burning stored
carbohydrate in the fruit and you are not gaining weight, if anything you are
losing weight or hopefully just maintaning weight. Dr. Hack in my opinion
has nailed it on the head. Water on your leafs and subsequent leaf burn is a
dreary old wives tale as far as I am concerned. However, it may be a concern for
disease in some areas. Southern Pumpkin growers or those in areas of high
relative humidity may have problems with disease, we just don't know as no one
has tried it. In my geographic region our relative humidity can range between
35% to 85% RHM due to the inland affect (heat) or marine influence (cool) but
not higher RHM during summer months. No rot or moisture related disease problem
last year. A preventative treatment of fungicide may help but again in areas of
high humidity no one has tried this. Any takers?
Chris Andersen
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