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Mon, May 20, 13 at 9:26
| I have three raised beds. One seems to be where the seeds go to sprout, stop growing, turn yellow, and sit there. Just pulled out all the radishes I planted over a month ago. They were barely an inch tall and worthless. What gives? The soil was a three way mix of topsoil, compost, and sand. Drainage seems ok. In another box, my mesculine sprouted, and stopped. I now have nice bunches of salad an ant would enjoy! THAT box has recently purchased organic garden soil in it. I've been doing this for five years. I have never experienced such dismal growth with raised beds. Anyone else experiencing really bad growth here in middle TN? |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Mon, Aug 26, 13 at 8:07
| This is a great question for the Discussions side and you will get more responses. Not many people even remember there is a Conversations side and it is usually used for personal and OT posts. Wish I had an answer for you. |
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- Posted by SA_GardenMan South Africa (My Page) on Sun, Oct 27, 13 at 6:34
| Hi there, You say that it is your radishes turning yellow, I had the same problem a mini crop of cherry tomatoes, i Tried to solve the problem by taking the plants out with all the soil still around the roots and added more potting soil with topsoil, sometimes i have found that the compost and the potting soil is too strong for the seedlings too handle ( to acidic) or even just not enough nutrition. But i managed to save the plants, well most of them at least, some of them were too far gone, and what i would do is also too secure the roots a bit more, once sprouted i would gently compact the soil around the base too better absorption of water and minerals. And also I would try a small shade net as well from say 9 in the morning till about 1500, then remove so it still gets sun but doesn't burn to a crisp or just get too much sun. Maybe you've tried everything i mentioned but everything has worked for me in the past. So goodluck, hope you have success with this. |
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