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Questions tagged [deficiency]

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Does compost made with fruit waste as 'greens' provide enough nitrogen to my plants?

I've made a load of compost which has now fully matured and mixed it with a fair amount of leaf mold and soft sand (I believe sand that is encapsulated in clay). And with this combo made a potting mix for my strawberries. Well, it hasn't worked out…
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Hydroponic Chilli plant deficiency

I've been experimenting with hydroponics chili but no success. Here are some pics. There is no infection or bugs for sure but seems like deficiency of nutrition. Flowers grow but rot very easily and getting just 2-3 chilies in fruiting stage. I'm…
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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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What is wrong with my lilac? Strange leaf pattern

would someone be able to help me figure out what's wrong with my lilac? I see leaves that are very bright yellow in between the veins, however they are in clusters not all over the plant. I can also see very tiny reddish brown spots. There is a…
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Container lime tree has discolored new growth

I have a semi-dwarf Bearss lime tree in a container. It seems vigorous and started flowering and producing fruit only a few months after I bought it. It is producing new growth well, but I have noticed that all of the new growth looks less healthy.…
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Is there anything else besides lack of sunlight or excess nitrogen could cause a plant to become leggy?

I've recently been convinced that my potting soil which contains a lot of homemade compost (made primarily from leaves and fruit waste as the greens) is generally lacking fertiliser. My strawberries, amongst other things, have become leggy. The only…
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Mamey seedling showing deficiencies that I couldn't fix

I already lost one seedling in the same manner, leaves get yellow spots then the edges shrivel and the whole leaf dies and falls. My soil test shows issues with micros obviously, I get very bright sun every day and the temps are hovering around 98…
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How to deal with nutrients reacting with each other

I did a soil test and as expected my sandy soil came back low in almost everything but calcium with 8.4 pH and very low organic matter. I'm not worried about micronutrients as I could probably foliar feed them and/or use chelated ones. My issue is…
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Can Magnesium sulfate be mixed with NPK

Does magnesium compete with Potassium? I see several fertilizers that have Potassium and Magnesium at the same time, so I'm wondering if I could safely mix magnesium sulfate with an NPK fertilizer. Otherwise, would it be better to give them…
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Cherry nutrient deficiency from leaf

Is it possible to make guesses based on this photo about deficiencies that might be affecting this cherry tree please.
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Cabbage, Eggplant, and Cauliflower with white-ish dry spots

I've got eggplant, cabbage and cauliflower seedlings growing inside in peat moss with some all-around fertilizer (24-8-6). However, the edges of their leaves are drying and curling up, and some of them have dry, beige spots in the middle. I thought…
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Elephant garlic Allium ampeloprasum struggling, difficiencies?

I noticed that these Allium ampeloprasum started a couple months ago, are struggling and showing some deficiencies that I can't pinpoint. My soil is sandy and poor, with pH slightly over 8. I gave it plenty of NPK, but I have a doubt that it's…
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Indoor lemon/lime - wilt leaves which yellow and drop

After they had been outside throughout the summer, I brought my citruses inside. I've been having them for a couple of years and this is the first time I observe so much leaves being dropped. On the lime tree, they just go yellow and on the lemon…
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