New growth turning yellow....

gssgarden · May 15, 2009

Seems like the new growth has a strong tinge of yellow on it. Might, and I say might have had a little early blight but they were sprayed a few days back. It seems to be effecting all plants in raised beds.

Any ideas? You think it's a nutritional deficit?

Pic is on the way once I figure out how to re-size them.

thanks,

Greg

dice · May 16, 2009

Iron deficiency maybe? You can usually still see green veins
in the new leaves that are beginning to develop it. (Nitrogen
deficiency starts on the lower leaves.) Has it been raining a lot?

A picture (iron deficiency is down near the bottom of this
document):

http://4e.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=5&id=289

We routinely get it out here when someone gets too close to
a rhododendron or azalea with the lime or wood ash (pH too
high for plants naturally adapted to acidic soils).

Greensand is a good source of iron, but it is in the form of a rock
(glauconite), so it is slow release. Fine if you amend your soil
with it in fall or in spring the year before, might be a little too
slow for a quick fix.

Fertall markets a couple of chelated iron treatments, one
a powder with 4% iron and other minerals that costs $2/lb
in a 50-lb bag, another one a liquid:

http://www.groworganic.com/item_F173...late_Gall.html

(It could be some other deficiency, of course, with similar
symptoms. Iron is just the most obvious guess for symptoms
seen first on new growth.)

gssgarden · May 16, 2009

Wow. Thanks Dice. It looks very similar to that. The only difference is it's in the new growth only and seemed to have stopped there. It mentioned that the whole leaf would turn white. Have not seen that but it's pretty darn close.

Thanks again, I'll look into it.

Greg

dice · May 16, 2009

I have had that problem, but I have never seen them turn
completely white myself (perhaps because the soil was just
deficient enough for the plant to show it; it was getting some
iron, just not enough).

cottonpicker · May 16, 2009

I don't know when you planted them out or your weather conditions after they were transplanted so can't really tell what's going on. May not be a nutritional deficiency at all but just "transplant shock" which will most likely correct itself with time & more favorable conditions for growth.
Wait 'n see.......

May 15, 2009	#1
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	New growth turning yellow.... Seems like the new growth has a strong tinge of yellow on it. Might, and I say might have had a little early blight but they were sprayed a few days back. It seems to be effecting all plants in raised beds. Any ideas? You think it's a nutritional deficit? Pic is on the way once I figure out how to re-size them. thanks, Greg

May 16, 2009	#2
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	Iron deficiency maybe? You can usually still see green veins in the new leaves that are beginning to develop it. (Nitrogen deficiency starts on the lower leaves.) Has it been raining a lot? A picture (iron deficiency is down near the bottom of this document): http://4e.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=5&id=289 We routinely get it out here when someone gets too close to a rhododendron or azalea with the lime or wood ash (pH too high for plants naturally adapted to acidic soils). Greensand is a good source of iron, but it is in the form of a rock (glauconite), so it is slow release. Fine if you amend your soil with it in fall or in spring the year before, might be a little too slow for a quick fix. Fertall markets a couple of chelated iron treatments, one a powder with 4% iron and other minerals that costs $2/lb in a 50-lb bag, another one a liquid: http://www.groworganic.com/item_F173...late_Gall.html (It could be some other deficiency, of course, with similar symptoms. Iron is just the most obvious guess for symptoms seen first on new growth.) __________________ -- alias

May 16, 2009	#4
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	I have had that problem, but I have never seen them turn completely white myself (perhaps because the soil was just deficient enough for the plant to show it; it was getting some iron, just not enough). __________________ -- alias

May 16, 2009	#5
cottonpicker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SE PA..near Valley Forge Posts: 839	I don't know when you planted them out or your weather conditions after they were transplanted so can't really tell what's going on. May not be a nutritional deficiency at all but just "transplant shock" which will most likely correct itself with time & more favorable conditions for growth. Wait 'n see....... __________________ "Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause". Victor Hugo