Light green mottling away from veins?

emcd124 · July 9, 2013

I've tried going through the links, but some of the demo pictures are so small I cant make a positive identification. I *think* this problem is related to nutrients rather than disease or pests based on how it looks.

It is only affecting one plant (Gold Medal) that is planted in-ground in a section between my raised beds that was heavily amended with compost when the beds were put in, but is otherwise ground soil. It is quite near the Arborvitae (which I hate, but they came with the house), which have very shallow roots that may compete for nutrients. I had the raised bed soil tested last year and it came back very high across the board in all nutrients and micros. I didnt specifically test the in-ground portion of the garden that is just compost on top of ground soil, so I would only be guessing. I do know however that both the raised bed soil and the lawn turf (which is whats under the compost layer) had a pH of 7.5 so it is reasonable to assume that this patch of garden also has an alkaline pH, if that matters.

Does anyone recognize this pattern as indicating a deficiency? or possibly TOO MUCH of a nutrient causing a problem?

July 9, 2013	#1
emcd124 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 104	Light green mottling away from veins? I've tried going through the links, but some of the demo pictures are so small I cant make a positive identification. I think this problem is related to nutrients rather than disease or pests based on how it looks. It is only affecting one plant (Gold Medal) that is planted in-ground in a section between my raised beds that was heavily amended with compost when the beds were put in, but is otherwise ground soil. It is quite near the Arborvitae (which I hate, but they came with the house), which have very shallow roots that may compete for nutrients. I had the raised bed soil tested last year and it came back very high across the board in all nutrients and micros. I didnt specifically test the in-ground portion of the garden that is just compost on top of ground soil, so I would only be guessing. I do know however that both the raised bed soil and the lawn turf (which is whats under the compost layer) had a pH of 7.5 so it is reasonable to assume that this patch of garden also has an alkaline pH, if that matters. Does anyone recognize this pattern as indicating a deficiency? or possibly TOO MUCH of a nutrient causing a problem?