iron chlorosis, blight, or WHAT? - Page 2

MadCow333 · August 8, 2016

My plants were fine 2 weeks ago. Dark green, lush, no sign of blight. Then I had someone else sorta tending them for about 20 days, during which we had super dry weather with heavy spotty fogs and dew at night. One or two rains, but that was it.

Now I have pale plants with purpleish tinge. If I spray with bleach, I get dead crispy leaves. I have also, over the past 1.5 months sprayed with copper, sprayed with dilute bleach, sprayed Epsom salt solution (which seemed to help green them up only temporarily). I have fed them with Miracle Gro Bloom Booster, thinking that the purple might be potassium deficiency.

I don't want to treat these with anything else because nothing is helping and the bleach would probably kill them. I don't know whether I have too much nitrogen burning them, or some kind of deficiency, or I've overused either copper spray or Miracle Gro.

eta: I gave them a spray with a gentle mix of Garden Safe Fungicide3 last night, because it looked like mildew was starting. The plants mostly look more perky today but they are still pale.

They are potted in http://www.pthorticulture.com/en/pro...x-mycorrhizae/, PRO-MIX BX MYCORRHIZAE. Were fed with Tomato Tone and Garden Tone when planted and intermittently afterward. Some Miracle Gro Tomato food, too. Water source is well water, untreated and untested, contains iron and sulfur.

This is the album, no password required:
http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/sa...den2016/080816

eta: Plants most affected are German Queen (Bonnie plant), and Parks Whopper Improved (Bonnie plant). The Parks Whoppers have been here since literally April. The German Queens since May.

August 8, 2016	#1
MadCow333 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NW PA 6A Posts: 159	iron chlorosis, blight, or WHAT? My plants were fine 2 weeks ago. Dark green, lush, no sign of blight. Then I had someone else sorta tending them for about 20 days, during which we had super dry weather with heavy spotty fogs and dew at night. One or two rains, but that was it. Now I have pale plants with purpleish tinge. If I spray with bleach, I get dead crispy leaves. I have also, over the past 1.5 months sprayed with copper, sprayed with dilute bleach, sprayed Epsom salt solution (which seemed to help green them up only temporarily). I have fed them with Miracle Gro Bloom Booster, thinking that the purple might be potassium deficiency. I don't want to treat these with anything else because nothing is helping and the bleach would probably kill them. I don't know whether I have too much nitrogen burning them, or some kind of deficiency, or I've overused either copper spray or Miracle Gro. eta: I gave them a spray with a gentle mix of Garden Safe Fungicide3 last night, because it looked like mildew was starting. The plants mostly look more perky today but they are still pale. They are potted in http://www.pthorticulture.com/en/pro...x-mycorrhizae/, PRO-MIX BX MYCORRHIZAE. Were fed with Tomato Tone and Garden Tone when planted and intermittently afterward. Some Miracle Gro Tomato food, too. Water source is well water, untreated and untested, contains iron and sulfur. This is the album, no password required: http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/sa...den2016/080816 eta: Plants most affected are German Queen (Bonnie plant), and Parks Whopper Improved (Bonnie plant). The Parks Whoppers have been here since literally April. The German Queens since May. Last edited by MadCow333; August 8, 2016 at 06:39 PM.