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| About the Author 66 melbourne 10th December 2009 12:32am #UserID: 2807 Posts: 21 View All 66's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Wayne Mackay 10th December 2009 7:47am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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au0rey says... My kaffir lime had a similar condition whereby the younger leaves look sick like yours..dark veins and pale background..and leaves drop daily. I read the packaging of my epsom salts and the description it mentioned fitted my kaffir's condition. However adding it to my kaffir did not help it. I suspect the printing on the packaging is wrong! I went on internet to search and found that the description was more like iron deficiency so i bought chelated iron. It worked and my plant is back in health within a short time...bearing new GREEN leaves, flowers and fruits! Here is where i found the info : http://members.fortunecity.com/pjsauber/Citrus%20deficiencies.htm Remember if you suspect it is iron deficiency, buy only chelated iron as it is the only iron the plant can absorb. What potting mix do you use? Should use only premium ones with red label and ticks. I usually buy Osmoscote (the orange bag and cheapest $7+) but have red label from bunnings...it works for all my plants including my tomato silvery fir.
| About the Author melbourne 10th December 2009 8:45pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Hi cesar, your tomatoe plant looks like it's very hungry for nitrogen to me. Is that woodchip you have for mulch in the pot? It may be causing nitrogen draw down. Generally you always need to add a nitrogen source when u use fresh wood. If you want quick results use a liquid feed little and often until the plant starts to recover. Iron deficiency starts with the youngest leaves first - whereas your plant is yellowing from the oldest leaves first - this suggests a mobile element. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 11th December 2009 10:45am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mish says... Hi everyone I too have a tomato problem, but since I have changed from PC to Mac, I'm unable to figure out how to upload photo's so I will just explain the situation as best I can. I have 16 tomato plants, 'sweet bite', green zebra, grosse lisse, and black krim. Its my black krim which is the worry. I have only planted one of these and It is sharing the same soil, feeding and watering as all the other tomatoes', but it has not grown since I planted it several weeks ago... All the other's have tripled (or bigger) in size and are a lush green colour and have flower buds and some flowers have opened. I have used a fruit and veggie fertiliser around the drip circle when planted and have given them one feed of a seaweed, fish and organic water soluble food My black krim is a dull khaki army green colour and the veins are very noticeable being a dark green almost grey colour, this colour is also on the tips and edges of the leaves... It was planted from a seedling into excellent quality veggie mix from my local soil supplier... Any advice will be greatly appreciated Thanks Mish | About the Author Mish Singleton 11th December 2009 11:11pm #UserID: 3045 Posts: 42 View All Mish's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... By au0rey "I suspect the printing on the packaging is wrong!" ??? ---- I have been using epsom salts for many years, however, you are also correct, sometimes it can be an iron deficiency but not very often, that's why I asked about the fertiliser. Many fertilisers have iron as trace elements in them, Thanks for that link. Amanda has picked up on the fertiliser and when you look at the other plants in the back ground I think she is on the right track, but perhaps a complete fertiliser after a light nitrogen kick. | About the Author Wayne Mackay 12th December 2009 6:43am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author 66 melbourne 13th December 2009 11:02pm #UserID: 2807 Posts: 21 View All 66's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Hi Cesar - maybe you should take the eucalyptus mulch off one of them and replace with something else - and see if that causes an improvement? Eucalypt has some powerful resins (like pine wood - not bark) that may be toxic to your tomatoes? Eucalypts are also very good at preventing anything growing around them (alleopathic?) - just like pine trees. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 15th December 2009 11:37am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Roleystone WA 15th December 2009 3:58pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author melbourne 17th December 2009 6:08pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Araich says... I've also had iron chlorosis like symptoms with a few plants and been mystified by the onset of yellowing. Reading this has just made me realise that the common factor may be tea-tree mulch. It's a kind of fancy mulch that I've put around an avocado, citrus in pots and kiwifruit in the ground. Various fertilisers and iron chelates have had little effect. It never occurred to me the mulch could be implicated. I'll swap it out for lucerne tomorrow. As for the tomatoes, I have some plants that look the same. I think the soil was too rich with manure and also poor drainage. | About the Author Araich Melbourne 17th December 2009 9:25pm #UserID: 2933 Posts: 58 View All Araich's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author 66 melbourne 17th December 2009 10:54pm #UserID: 2807 Posts: 21 View All 66's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Wayne Mackay 18th December 2009 7:51am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brad2 Como, Perth 18th December 2009 12:54pm #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... I recommend any keen gardener buy themselves a pH testing kit. I have had so many problems in the past which turned out to be either overacid or alkaline soil. Most nurseries should sell them. I only recently found out that the blended manure I was using had a pH of around 14 - extremely alkaline! No wonder plants weren't thriving. I have added iron sulphate and they seem to be improving, but may still need a bit of magnesium. | About the Author Roleystone WA 18th December 2009 3:15pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brad2 Como, Perth 18th December 2009 3:40pm #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Roleystone WA 19th December 2009 3:07pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wooly says... My plants are going yellow too.i dont know whats wrong.I feed them "Max Feed" for vegs from bunnings every second week which is mixed with water,and i have sugarcane mulch.I used a general house hold compost and some horse manure from the local horse club.I live on the gold coast..can anyone help!!Thanks in advance | About the Author Wooly goldcoast 21st November 2010 9:47pm #UserID: 4578 Posts: 2 View All Wooly's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 22nd November 2010 7:52am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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