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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Early Blight, mayb not, Magnesium Deficiency
  • Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:51:41 -0400

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. 
>
>My leaves:
>
>http://s587.photobucket.com/albums/ss315/jrslick/Diseases/?action=view&current=EarlyBlight012.jpg
>
>One of the images I have found:
>
>http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/PhotoPages/Impt_Diseases/Tomato/Tom_Magnesium.htm
>
>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.
>
>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
www.meadows.pair.com/articleindex.html

The world has enough for everyone's need,
but not enough for everyone's greed.

Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.






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