Thread: Problems with size of fruits.
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Old 17-07-2003, 02:12 PM
Frankhartx
 
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Default Problems with size of fruits.
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I am getting tons of large leaves, but the fruit on the ends are very tiny.
Particularly radishes and carrots.

Firstly these are not fruits. Secondly you may have an imbalance of
fertilizer--these root crops need a fertilizer with emphasis on the PK and less
on the N--too much nitrogen can cause lush green growth , sometimes at the
expense of the harvest. A basic formula like 5-10-10 is more suitable for this
type of crop--if you were growing lettuce whare the foliage is the crop then a
higer ratio of nitrogen would be desirable. Youn have not said what fertilizer
you have used so this may not be the answer but since the top growth is good
stay away fron adding any more nitrogen and see if time will encourage the root
crops to develoip.
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