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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Purple veins
  • Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 07:45:09 -0500

They're probably just cold. I know there was a cold spell recently through
the nation's mid-section. If you were caught up in that and put out new
transplants, they may just be exhibiting symtpoms of cold temps. Phosphorus
uptake is poor if soil temps are low. Not to worry, as the soil warms up,
the plants will recover.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center

-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Kohut <treebone7 AT hotmail.com>
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:26 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Purple veins


>Help, my plants have purple veins. Is that showing a phosphorus deficiency?
>What can I do? They look a little pale too, not a real robust green like
>they were before I planted them.
>
>Teresa Kohut
>Fayetteville, AR
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