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Old 18-04-2012, 09:53 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Jake wrote in
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Forgiving? Moi? I shall banish you to the Isle of Wight and have you
chained to the steps of Shanklin Theatre for a week if I can only find
eight chains

NOOOOO not that pleeeease, anything but that. Have a heart guv. I promise
to be good and even take the foliage off of my plum tree so that yours will
be as good as mine next spring :-)

Not my strawberry thread, though, it's Roger's.

Seriously, I still don't think this is a virus. I didn't think of
Roger as someone to allow plants to become pot bound and so assumed he
was growing the plants in biggish pots or at least big enough pots
but, OK, root crowding may be an issue from his later post and would
tend to exacerbate any deficiency issue.

I think it's a deficiency and plumped for nitrogen (and then a
historical lack) as it seems to be affecting only the leaves - the
flowers and fruits are coming along nicely. He's feeding with Tomorite
so I guess the other trace elements are well catered for.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the
dry end of Swansea Bay.


Baz