Questions tagged [chlorosis]

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Why are recommending many sources to add "iron" to treat chlorosis, when chlorophyll has no iron, but magnesium in it?

Why are recommending many Internet sources to add "iron" to treat chlorosis, when chlorophyll has no iron, but magnesium in it? (note I am not asking about putting rusty nails to soil, because I do know that form is unconsumable for plants, just us…
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Inter-veinal chlorosis in AllMix and CootMix potting soil

The soil Stage 1: BioBizz AllMix with some additional Perlite. Around 50% as a total. AllMix is originally 30% perlite with mostly peat moss and some organic matter. The containers were 2 gallon fabric pots. The plants were feed with PH 6~6.5 water…
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10 months old rooted hortensia, is it chlorosis? What would be a simple hobbyist gardener's treatment?

I noticed my freshly rooted 10 months old hortensias yellowish leaves. Knowing green color comes from chlorophyll I searched on Internet [lack chlorophyll] and got familiar with chlorosis. Based on the first two photos, is it chlorosis? or missed I…
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