Alert - eGRO Electronic Grower Resources Online（警告- eGRO电子种植者在线资源）.pdfVIP

Alert by Neil S. Mattson Volume 4, Number 31 April 2015 nsm47@ Tipburn of 2015 Sponsors hydroponic lettuce Two abiotic disorders share the same name, it is important to distinguish between them. The lettuce literature ing the difference between describes two different the two types of tipburn is types of abiotic disorders imperative for hydroponic which share the same lettuce growers, because name, tipburn. Both dis- each disorder has different orders can severely limit causes and preventative a grower’s ability to sell measures. The objective their lettuce. Understand- of this article is to clarify Figure 1. Inner leaf tipburn of hydroponic butterhead lettuce. Symptoms appear as brown lesions on tips of young, inner leaves. e-GRO Alert - 2015 e-GRO Alert this confusion by clearly to lack of calcium in the describing the symptoms of root-zone but rather envi- each disorder, environmen- ronmental causes leading tal causes, and corrective to poor calcium supply to CONTRIBUTORS actions. For the purposes young leaves. An under- Dr. Nora Catlin of distinction, we will give standing of how calcium is Floriculture Specialist Cornell Cooperative Extension - each disorder a separate taken up and used by the Suffolk County name: inner leaf tipburn