COMPOST NUTRIENT BALANCE: EFFECTS ON GROWTH OF TOMATO PLANTS, FRUIT QUALITY AND YIELD

High incidence of blotchy ripened fruit can be expected on plants growing in composts containing high lime level, limestone of high Ca/Mg balance, low salt level, fertilizer of low K/N balance whilst blossom-end-rot will be higher on plants growing in composts containing low lime level, limestone of low Ca/Mg balance, high salt level and fertilizer of low K/N balance.

Symposium on Peat in Horticulture

G. C.S. Wilson, A.J. McGregor

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1975.50.10