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chrissie B · « **on:** August 11, 2007, 09:43 »

our lovley toms are ripening with yellow blotches on them and they are ripening unevenly, what did i do and can i rectify it .
chrissie b

WG. · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2007, 09:56 »

Too much heat or too little potash (says Doc Hessayon)

chrissie B · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2007, 10:00 »

carnt do anything about the heat as we are having a heatwave this summer and only got a little potash left , is there another solution as an alternative :?:
chrissie b

muntjac · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2007, 11:18 »

burn some wood on a fire .tree branches etc nothing containing chemicals .then rake it up sieve it to remove any lumps hand sprinkle some on the toms and water .

chrissie B · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2007, 15:24 »

we use the stuff from our bbq as we dont have a working fire , looks like hubby will have to fire up the old barbi.
chrissie b

Donut · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2007, 08:11 »

Be careful with BBQ ash as coal ash is not good compared with wood ash.
Donut

chrissie B · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2007, 12:52 »

hubby uses a combination af wood and nrws paper to get it going along wjth the charcole , as charcole is wood i didnt think there would be any probs :?
chrissie b

Donut · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2007, 13:06 »

You should have no problems with the ash from wood, paper and conventional charcoal - spread away

Donut

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