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Iron deficiency in container pepperocini
Comments (4)The plant looks fine, although rather immature (still small compared to a fully mature plant). Indoors is going to be tough and I think your plant will be limited by insufficient light rather than insufficient nutrients. The fertilizer you are using is not necessarily "high" Nitrogen - it's actually high Phosphorous and Potassium. At this point, I'd actually increase the Nitrogen to keep the plant growing. Peppers will flower long before they're ready to set pods. Most often, the early flowers will abort - but many of us will remove early blooms in order to keep the plant in a vegetative state (until it is of an appropriate production stature). Chlorosis would look much different. I recommend googling for images of iron deficiency. Josh...See MorePics of yellow leaves on Paniculatas... Heat shock? Iron deficiency?
Comments (5)I'm leaning towards heat stress but i'm no expert. A lot of plants in my garden got scorched from a severe heat wave that happened recently. I watered the garden daily during the heat wave but I think the air temperature was simply too much for the leaves/flowers and got scorched. My Paniculatas have had some yellow leaves here and there this season but it's always at the bottom of the plant and doesn't progress upward much. I think you're OK. Since they are well established shrubs at this point, I dont think they need to be watered too much. Most people on here say they dont like soaking wet soil but don't like it bone dry either....See MoreGardenia leaves turning yellow. Iron deficiency or lack of water?
Comments (6)Thank you Ken & Embothrium! I took a closer look at the root today and here is what I found out. The roots on the south side of the plant were dry. The plant is on the slope facing south. The rain water runs from north (uphill) to south (downhill). Because of this, the mulches on the south side of the gardenia were carried away by water and the mulch layer was very thin. I checked the roots on each side of the plant and the roots on north, east and west side were bright white and full of energy. But the roots on the south side were dry, not dark brown yet, just slightly brown. It rained heavily here yesterday, but the soil on the south side of the plant was already a little bit dry. I touched the ground and the soil temperature was high. So I think found the root cause - root area got exposed to extreme heat. I went ahead and mulched the south side again. And put some stones to hold the mulches in place. I will give some water to it every two days (really don't want to over water it). Will monitor it for 2 weeks to see if things can turn around....See MoreSagae leaves, iron deficiency or HXV - update
Comments (16)In regards to the leaves of your hosta: When the normal color is along the veins with a lighter color between, it isn't anything to worry about usually. But when it is reversed, with a darker than normal color on the veins and normal in the middle it is often from virused. That is what Chris from Hallson's said about my hostas. About one tbsp. of epsom salts per gallon. For a high nitrogen fertilizer, I heard that tomato fertilizer was good. So I do have some of that, but don't use it regularly---only once or so at the beginning of the season....See Morejohnmerr
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