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http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/706.PDF
Hope you can open the above link. It sounds like what you're describing. I believe fragaria leaves show orange/red in response to nutrient shortage, esp. nitrogen. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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On 18/04/2012 17:34, Spider wrote:
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/706.PDF Hope you can open the above link. It sounds like what you're describing. I believe fragaria leaves show orange/red in response to nutrient shortage, esp. nitrogen. Sorry to respond to my own post. This was *intended* to pop up in Jake's Strawberry thread. Oops! :~( -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Spider wrote in :
On 18/04/2012 17:34, Spider wrote: http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/706.PDF Hope you can open the above link. It sounds like what you're describing. I believe fragaria leaves show orange/red in response to nutrient shortage, esp. nitrogen. Sorry to respond to my own post. This was *intended* to pop up in Jake's Strawberry thread. Oops! :~( Don't worry, my eight legged friend, Jake is a forgiving Taffy. Baz |
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"Baz" wrote in message .. . Sorry to respond to my own post. This was *intended* to pop up in Jake's Strawberry thread. Oops! :~( Don't worry, my eight legged friend, Jake is a forgiving Taffy. Baz My advice would be to transfer the plants to growbags. They will benefit from the root spread. Pots are not really the best root environment for fruiting plants. A few doses of fertiliser and bobs your strawbs. Early yet though (:-) Regards Pete |
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On 18/04/2012 18:03, Baz wrote:
wrote in : On 18/04/2012 17:34, Spider wrote: http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/706.PDF Hope you can open the above link. It sounds like what you're describing. I believe fragaria leaves show orange/red in response to nutrient shortage, esp. nitrogen. Sorry to respond to my own post. This was *intended* to pop up in Jake's Strawberry thread. Oops! :~( Don't worry, my eight legged friend, Jake is a forgiving Taffy. Baz Aw, shucks, Baz. That's nice of you. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Pete wrote:
"Baz" wrote in message .. . Sorry to respond to my own post. This was *intended* to pop up in Jake's Strawberry thread. Oops! :~( Don't worry, my eight legged friend, Jake is a forgiving Taffy. Baz My advice would be to transfer the plants to growbags. They will benefit from the root spread. Pots are not really the best root environment for fruiting plants. A few doses of fertiliser and bobs your strawbs. Early yet though (:-) Regards Pete I've always grown mine in window boxws and they usually grow ok and crop well. Having said that I had a few extra plants which I put in the ground lastautumn and what a difference that made. They are now twice the size of my window box ones and far more vigorous. Be interesting to see how they crop. |
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:31:03 +0100, Spider wrote:
On 18/04/2012 18:03, Baz wrote: wrote in : On 18/04/2012 17:34, Spider wrote: http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/706.PDF Hope you can open the above link. It sounds like what you're describing. I believe fragaria leaves show orange/red in response to nutrient shortage, esp. nitrogen. Sorry to respond to my own post. This was *intended* to pop up in Jake's Strawberry thread. Oops! :~( Don't worry, my eight legged friend, Jake is a forgiving Taffy. Baz Aw, shucks, Baz. That's nice of you. 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 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 ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. |
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Jake wrote in
: 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 ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. Baz |
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On 18/04/2012 20:15, Jake wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:31:03 +0100, wrote: On 18/04/2012 18:03, Baz wrote: wrote in : On 18/04/2012 17:34, Spider wrote: http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/706.PDF Hope you can open the above link. It sounds like what you're describing. I believe fragaria leaves show orange/red in response to nutrient shortage, esp. nitrogen. Sorry to respond to my own post. This was *intended* to pop up in Jake's Strawberry thread. Oops! :~( Don't worry, my eight legged friend, Jake is a forgiving Taffy. Baz Aw, shucks, Baz. That's nice of you. 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 Shudder! You've got to catch me first ... Not my strawberry thread, though, it's Roger's. Oh Crikey! Sorry Jake .. and Roger. Serves me right for rushing in between feeding my orchids and the Hushand Thingy. (At least I got that bit right). 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. Well, you may be right (as you often are), but I'm sure I've read that nitrogen deficiency turns strawberry leaves orangey red .. and I've seen it in my own (ornamental) plants. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. It does sound like a problem related to the plants being pot bound. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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