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Re: Nutrient deficiency

On Sat 28 Mar, Michael D. Cook wrote:
> At 07:37 AM 3/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >     However, they didn't grow hardly at all since I originally put them
> >out there, and their leaves are turning purple. 
> 
> Stan, when tomato leaves turn purple (at least on the undersides) they are
> suffering a nutrient deficiency.  A shot of weak liquid fertilizer should
> fix it.
> 
> I used peat pots to start tomatoes and peppers one year, and every single
> seedling suffered from nutrient deficiency.  I have never had that problem
> with seedlings in plastic pots.  Does the peat pot have anything to so with
> it?  What with the mold, the too soggy/rapidly dessicated/no happy medium
> quality, and the impenetrable walls that were supposed to give way to
> roots, I will never use those pots again.
> Sheila Smith mikecook@pipeline.com

It is not generally realised that multipurpose compost has only
enough feed in it for three weeks, maybe less, particularly if
it is stale. I encountered this problem and now mix in a scattering
of a slow release (organic, maybe) general fertiliser in every bucket
of multipurpose compost I use for seeds and potting. Liquid feeding
also helps if you can do it, especially when applied over the leaves,
but this doesn't always fit into my methods.
-- 
Allan Day Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk Tel:- 01432 275443
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