Re: Stan's hot tomato

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On the subject of Re: Stan's hot tomato, veggie-list@eskimo.com said:

> Back from vacation. More specifically, the nutrient deficiency is
> phosphorus which causes your seedlings to get purple undersides.
> Your best defense against this is applying bone meal, rock phosphate
> or colloidal phosphate to your soil. If the seedlings are very
> purple, you should foliar feed the plants as soon as possible or you
> run the risk of losing your crop.
> 
> This is not caused by overwatering.
> 
Maybe it is...indirectly.  Perhaps they've washed out the nutrients 
in the soil with too much water at one time?  I've heard of people 
doing this, but as I am new, I'm not stating it as fact! <G>  Just 
food for thought.  :-)

Blessings,
Kimberlee

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks."
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Kimberlee Simmons, a.k.a. "Blackwood"
spooky@frontiernet.net   or   blackwood13@yahoo.com
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