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Ohio,usa

For the second year in a row, I've had 280 pounders at 30 days and they stopped growing (others also at about 30 days at different times of the season), skin lost that shiny luster, then rotted in a week or two. Plant was seemingly healthy, no bugs, and I don't think too wet or too dry. Any suggestions of what I may be doing wrong or the cause?
Thanks in advance for comments!

9/7/2005 2:26:44 PM

Rhode Island

if they all stop as your message seems to indicate then its got to be a problem in your soil i would think
your soil could be very low or extremly high in one of the major ingredients ( n-p-k ) or even if your ph is to high problems can occur

plus the exchanges may be way off and your nutrients are being tied up
the list of possibilities can go on and on
any number of things can be going wrong for you

get a professional full soil test and have a professional read the results ------ may be the best money you ever spent

9/7/2005 10:27:26 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Hey pap- How much does an analysis generally cost? I suppose the University of Maryland would do a soil analysis for me. Kind of stupid sending it off considering I work in an analytical lab. But we are GMP and they'd never let me run forign biologicals on our equipment.

9/8/2005 11:38:09 AM

Rhode Island

25 to 60 dollars depending on the extent of your test request

9/8/2005 11:05:27 PM

Ljubljana, Slovenia

I would guess the same: soil. What about Ca levels? Too low Ca might prevent fruit growth.

9/12/2005 1:22:07 PM