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  1. Alexander POLOVINNIK

    Rot on pumpkin fruits is not uncommon in late summer. To save the crop, I cut out all the affected areas with a clean knife. I rub fresh aloe juice into the edges of the wound or sprinkle it abundantly with crushed activated charcoal.
    The treated areas dry up and tighten, the fruit continues to develop, and no longer rots. However, I try not to put it in storage, I use it for seaming and just for food.

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  2. Marina TsAPNIK, Kaluga

    Pumpkins don't want to bloom
    The beginning of summer was cold. Pumpkins didn't want to grow at all. Therefore, once every ten days I fed them with nitrogen. Nutrients were alternated. First, 1 liter of diluted mullein (1:10) was poured under the root.
    Then she dissolved 15 g of urea in 10 liters of water and sprayed the plants on the leaves. Over time, the leaves began to grow. However, there are no flowers on either pumpkins or zucchini. Probably not lucky with the varieties ...

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    • OOO "Sad"

      Excess nitrogen can cause rapid growth of leaves and stems, but there may be little or no fruit on fattening plants. Therefore, a sense of proportion is important in everything. If you overfed the plants with nitrogen, try to shift the ratio of the content of nutrients in the soil towards phosphorus and potassium. To do this, prepare an infusion of superphosphate (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water) and pour 1 liter under each plant.
      After a couple of days, dilute 1 tbsp. potassium sulfate in 10 liters of water and also water at the rate of 1 liter per plant. Phosphorus and potassium will stimulate the formation of flowers. And in order to reduce the amount of nitrogen in the soil, after fertilizing with phosphorus and potassium, pour the bed with an infusion of microorganisms (Baikal, BakSib, EM-Bio). Microbes will quickly remove excess nitrogen from the soil. To speed up this process, pierce the ground with a pitchfork every 0,5 m to enrich it with oxygen.

      Anton LESHCHEV, Cand. of sciences

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