[Market-farming] Early Blight, mayb not, Magnesium Deficiency

Pat Meadows pat at meadows.pair.com
Wed Jun 3 12:51:41 EDT 2009


On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:06:44 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>Thank you.  After spending most of a rainy morning on the computer, I have also so discovered that I may have a Magnesium Deficiency.  
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>My leaves:
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>http://s587.photobucket.com/albums/ss315/jrslick/Diseases/?action=view&current=EarlyBlight012.jpg
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>One of the images I have found:
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>http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/PhotoPages/Impt_Diseases/Tomato/Tom_Magnesium.htm
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>My ground has a high pH and is high in potassium and phosphorus.  I read also that this combination can lead to a magnesium deficiency.
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>Thanks for all the help

Hmmm.... Well, that would be lovely because so easily fixable.

I'll certainly give the tomatoes some Epsom Salts and see if it helps.  My
fingers are crossed (and for your tomatoes as well). 

Pat
-- North-Central Pennsylvania, USA
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but not enough for everyone's greed.  

Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.




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