Re: Male Flower Question
- Subject: Re: Male Flower Question
- From: S* M* <m*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 04:33:53 -0700 (PDT)
I didn't realize heat affected flower development until I did some research
after my first post and found that, yes, heat affects flower growth adversely.
So if potassium/phosphorus levels are alright, heat may be the culprit causing
the problem.
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From: Russ Stokes
<rstokes@wi.rr.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Friday, September 2, 2011 6:34
AM
Subject: Re: Male Flower Question
In addition to growing AG's I grow about
300-500 glad's for exhibition. The Glads had a rough go of it this year, I
believe that 4 weeks of very hot weather back in July had a adverse effect on
them. What I am saying is that I think the weather may be responsible for
what you are seeing George, since you are west of me. When the flowers were
developing back in June and July, weather conditions were terrible and it
wouldn't surprise me that the blooms were damaged when they were forming.
While I haven't seen on my AG's the flowers as you describe them, I know that
this year has been one of the most challenging because of the weather. Even
now, today it is suppose to be in the mid 90's, earlier in the week the temps
were barely in the 70's. A lot of extremes in the weather this year.
Russ
Stokes
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