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Vine plants seem to be dying
On 2004-05-05, downtime null wrote:
I planted some "Little Marvel" peas in my garden a while back. I planted them in a raised garden. The garden box is 1 foot deep and filled with a mix of turkey manure and loam. I don't know the ratio; I just bought the Planter's Mix. They grew really, really well for a little while. Some of the plants climbed as high as 2 1/2 feet in a short time. Then I noticed that the leaves at the bottom of the plants started turning brown around the edges. This contiued on all plants, working its way up the plant. The plants are now almost completely dead. Several of them had even started to bear fruit. What could have caused this. My other plants (except lettuce, but that a diffrent story) are doing fine. Could it be that the soil was just to rich for the peas? Too high in nitrogen or something? Now some of my other vine plants seems to be exhibiting some of the same signs that the peas did. I have pole beans, acorn squash and pumpkin that the leaves are starting to turn brown on the edges. This browning starts with the leaves at the very bottom and starts to work it's way up the plant. Strangely, my onion, carrots, broccoli, collards, cabbage, lettuce and corn appear to be fine. It seems to only be affecting vine plants. What am I doing wrong? (this was originally posted to austin.gardening... i'm in austin, tx) |
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Vine plants seem to be dying
"downtime null" m wrote in message ... On 2004-05-05, downtime null wrote: I planted some "Little Marvel" peas in my garden a while back. I planted them in a raised garden. The garden box is 1 foot deep and filled with a mix of turkey manure and loam. I don't know the ratio; I just bought the Planter's Mix. They grew really, really well for a little while. Some of the plants climbed as high as 2 1/2 feet in a short time. Then I noticed that the leaves at the bottom of the plants started turning brown around the edges. This contiued on all plants, working its way up the plant. The plants are now almost completely dead. Several of them had even started to bear fruit. What could have caused this. My other plants (except lettuce, but that a diffrent story) are doing fine. Could it be that the soil was just to rich for the peas? Too high in nitrogen or something? Now some of my other vine plants seems to be exhibiting some of the same signs that the peas did. I have pole beans, acorn squash and pumpkin that the leaves are starting to turn brown on the edges. This browning starts with the leaves at the very bottom and starts to work it's way up the plant. Strangely, my onion, carrots, broccoli, collards, cabbage, lettuce and corn appear to be fine. It seems to only be affecting vine plants. What am I doing wrong? Have you had a soil test? Sounds like it could be a pH problem or an overdose of phosphorus. |
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Vine plants seem to be dying
On 2004-05-08, Sunflower wrote:
"downtime null" m wrote in message ... On 2004-05-05, downtime null wrote: I planted some "Little Marvel" peas in my garden a while back. I planted them in a raised garden. The garden box is 1 foot deep and filled with a mix of turkey manure and loam. I don't know the ratio; I just bought the Planter's Mix. They grew really, really well for a little while. Some of the plants climbed as high as 2 1/2 feet in a short time. Then I noticed that the leaves at the bottom of the plants started turning brown around the edges. This contiued on all plants, working its way up the plant. The plants are now almost completely dead. Several of them had even started to bear fruit. What could have caused this. My other plants (except lettuce, but that a diffrent story) are doing fine. Could it be that the soil was just to rich for the peas? Too high in nitrogen or something? Now some of my other vine plants seems to be exhibiting some of the same signs that the peas did. I have pole beans, acorn squash and pumpkin that the leaves are starting to turn brown on the edges. This browning starts with the leaves at the very bottom and starts to work it's way up the plant. Strangely, my onion, carrots, broccoli, collards, cabbage, lettuce and corn appear to be fine. It seems to only be affecting vine plants. What am I doing wrong? Have you had a soil test? Sounds like it could be a pH problem or an overdose of phosphorus. I haven't done a soil test yet. I hope to do that tomorrow. I'm fairly new to gardening. Is there something specific I should be looking for? |
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Vine plants seem to be dying
On 2004-05-05, downtime null wrote:
I planted some "Little Marvel" peas in my garden a while back. I planted them in a raised garden. The garden box is 1 foot deep and filled with a mix of turkey manure and loam. I don't know the ratio; I just bought the Planter's Mix. They grew really, really well for a little while. Some of the plants climbed as high as 2 1/2 feet in a short time. Then I noticed that the leaves at the bottom of the plants started turning brown around the edges. This contiued on all plants, working its way up the plant. The plants are now almost completely dead. Several of them had even started to bear fruit. What could have caused this. My other plants (except lettuce, but that a diffrent story) are doing fine. Could it be that the soil was just to rich for the peas? Too high in nitrogen or something? Now some of my other vine plants seems to be exhibiting some of the same signs that the peas did. I have pole beans, acorn squash and pumpkin that the leaves are starting to turn brown on the edges. This browning starts with the leaves at the very bottom and starts to work it's way up the plant. Strangely, my onion, carrots, broccoli, collards, cabbage, lettuce and corn appear to be fine. It seems to only be affecting vine plants. What am I doing wrong? Have you had a soil test? Sounds like it could be a pH problem or an overdose of phosphorus. I haven't done a soil test yet. I hope to do that tomorrow. I'm fairly new to gardening. Is there something specific I should be looking for? Most likely from your description; Fusarium or pythium root rot. These are soil borne diseases and a serious threat to peas and beans in particular. Soil Guard (Gardens Alive) helps somewhat. Not much else available to the home gardener. On a long term basis using a rye cover crop and or following a rotation of corn decreases the population of pathegens. |
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