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   T to RosemontCrest   
   Re: calcium for alkaline soil   
   20 Sep 20 21:29:06   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2020-09-20 12:02, RosemontCrest wrote:   
   > On 9/19/2020 5:19 PM, T wrote:   
   >> On 2020-09-14 16:19, songbird wrote:   
   >>> but what it may   
   >>> also indicate is uneven watering   
   >>   
   >> You may have nailed it.  Now that it is cooler, the problem   
   >> has vanished   
   >    
   > Other than evaporation, what does temperature have to do with hydration?   
      
   Yes, evaporation.  Plants are like straws.  They   
   suck moisture up from the soil and expire it out   
   the undersides of their leaves.  The hotter the   
   environment, the more evaporation is needed by   
   the plant.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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