Re: Fw: Help
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- Subject: Re: Fw: Help
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- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 08:51:36 -0800
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BarryPip wrote:
>
> I have a couple of questions my sister has asked me...maybe someone can
> help
> me here please
>
> : 1. Carrots
> :
> : When they are smallish and twist around each other isn't there lacking in
> : the soil??????
Usually caused by inadequate thinning or, more rarely, because of dense,
compact soil.
> :
> : 2.Tomatoes
> :
> : What causes the stem to go all bumpy like white knobs under the skin of
> the
> : stem
Those white bumps are extra roots waiting to form in the event that the
stem touches the soil. These features are especially prominent in
tomatoes grown in high humidity such as one finds in a green/hoop house
or tunnel cloche. But they always form at the base of the stem and on
any older vines that have sagged near to the soil.
Steve (Maritime...)
> :
> Thanks
> Phillippa
> Chch
> New Zealand
