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Ok something is ODD, My plants have been growing awsome
for the past month since they have been put out into the patch, First my 839 Hunts leafs started to turn yellow around the edges now all the leafs includeing the stem itself has turned a bright yellow and the vanes in the leafs are a really bright yellow, now it seems to be happening to not just that plant but my 4 other plants as well are slowly starting to have the same thing happen to them even my Giant tomatoes in the far end of the same patch are going yellow.

Only ferts Ive added was 10-52-10 When I first transplanted them back in first week in May. Since then its been Hose water river water some light rain and 2 foiler feeds. The Garden drains well, The soil is nice and loose
From what I hear our town has the most additives added to the water and thats why its not drinkable as it smells just like Pool water ( chlorine)
could this possibly be causeing the problem?

I took another soil sample today and its off in the mail Monday to A&L Labs for testing, My spring soil tests were the following :

PH 7.8
Organic Matter 5.1
P -ppm 71
K ppm 365
Mg ppm 198
Calcium 4235
Texture Medium
Cation exchange 25
K % 3.8
MG % 7
Ca % 81
H % 5
N 50
P205 20
Magnesium 30


After reciveing that I added some Epsom Salts and some Jersey Green Sand and that was it.

Friday I added some 100% Organic Green Earth Blood & Bone Meal 7-7-0 at a very weak rate thinking it may help green them up.

Temps have been HOT between 80-88 for the past week and thats when plants grew the best.

If you look at CM'S Growers Diary his last 2 photos thats how my leafs look but the vanes inside the leafs are a really bright Yellow thats the only difference.

Dave

6/4/2005 9:28:41 PM

Chico, Ca

What is your iron level....could be low..your ph is also high.Get a second opinion before you try this but I would water in some miracid (miracle grow for acid loving plants)diluted 50% from recommended rates and give it a shot Of Ironite. sounds like chlorosis to me

6/5/2005 1:30:30 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

This could be Iron relaqted especially at pH 7.8. But Iron decicincied usually result in interveinal (between) chlorosis rather than yellow veins themselves.

Look at this image:

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/cucurbit/leaf/37.3.html

Here's the main menu too:

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/cucurbit/intro.html

6/5/2005 7:26:26 AM