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Melon
Magnesium
| Required for: |
Yield, sugar and juice content of the fruits
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| High deficiency risk: |
Acid sandy soils (pH < 6.0) and soils high in CaCO3
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| Deficiency symptoms: |
Yellowing between the veins of sun-exposed leaves, reduced fruit-set, browning of fruits tissue
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| Optimal leaf concentrations: |
Mg: |
0.10-0.20%
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| Recommendations: |
For maintenance dressings 90-110 kg Kieserite/ha are recommended as maintenance dressing prior to sowing. For soils with a poor Mg status (fertility class A), 1.5-2.0 times the amounts are required.
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The first symptoms of Mg deficiency are visible on the leaves.
Sufficiently Mg supplied water melons are ideal in size, shape and taste.
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