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Brassicas
I started my brassicas in tray this year, rather than
risking the slug/pigeons/mice etc in the garden. I used a bag of Levington Multi-pupose bought last year, but unopened. Seeds germinated fine and started to grow well, then the seed leaves dropped and the first pair of true leaves started turning yellow/red/purle, whilst growth seemed to stop. Planted them out in the garden, and they now have regained their normal green colour and are growing on well. I suspect hat there was something lacking in the compost, no idea what or why. Any one any ideas please? -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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On 16/06/2013 23:51, Roger Tonkin wrote:
I started my brassicas in tray this year, rather than risking the slug/pigeons/mice etc in the garden. I used a bag of Levington Multi-pupose bought last year, but unopened. Seeds germinated fine and started to grow well, then the seed leaves dropped and the first pair of true leaves started turning yellow/red/purle, whilst growth seemed to stop. Planted them out in the garden, and they now have regained their normal green colour and are growing on well. I suspect hat there was something lacking in the compost, no idea what or why. Any one any ideas please? Sounds like too much watering (yellow leaves) followed by too little (purple leaves)? A smattering of multi purpose fertiliser tends to invigorate them when the seedlings are a couple of inches high. -- David in Normandy. |
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"Roger Tonkin" wrote ...
I started my brassicas in tray this year, rather than risking the slug/pigeons/mice etc in the garden. I used a bag of Levington Multi-pupose bought last year, but unopened. Seeds germinated fine and started to grow well, then the seed leaves dropped and the first pair of true leaves started turning yellow/red/purle, whilst growth seemed to stop. Planted them out in the garden, and they now have regained their normal green colour and are growing on well. I suspect hat there was something lacking in the compost, no idea what or why. Any one any ideas please? Compost out of fertilizer, probably used up by continuing to rot whilst in store. I always feed seedlings and certainly if I've had the compost for a while. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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