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Squash64

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What are these yellow patches?
« on: June 26, 2012, 14:48:11 »

A leaf on one of my giant pumpkins has started to get yellow patches on it.  What is the reason for this, is it serious and is there anything I can do?


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slyfox-mal

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Re: What are these yellow patches?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2012, 15:14:30 »
it could be lots of things but id go with wet soil conditions and cool soil maybe locking in nutrients just stick with it and see how it goes
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

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Re: What are these yellow patches?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2012, 16:20:41 »
Mine are doing the same. gonna give em a feed tomorrows see if that helps

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Re: What are these yellow patches?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2012, 13:34:35 »
Could well be magnesium deficiency... some Epsom Salts in the mix methinks....

 

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