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How to judge what fertilizer your flower should apply

Mike Ehrmantraut
2020-08-04 15:08:15
Fertilization is indispensable for the growth of flower potted plants. The nutrients in the soil are difficult to meet the needs of plant growth, so how to judge what fertilizer is lacking?

The plant lacks calcium

Symptoms

When the plant is lack of calcium, the edge of the leaves will turn yellow and wither, showing a crooked shape. The growth of the root system is not good, the color of the root tip is brown, and the root will rot and crack, or even be on the verge of dying.

Solution

Calcium fertilizer (such as lime) can be applied to potted soil to improve plant growth.

Plants lack iron

Symptoms

When plants lack iron, the old leaves are still green, but the new leaves turn yellow and the veins remain yellow. Later, the leaves turn yellow and white, and the veins turn yellow. When iron deficiency is serious, the leaves will appear small spots, wither and even die.

Solution

Apply ferrous sulfate fertilizer to the roots of plants, or apply ferrous fertilizer to the leaves of plants.

Plants lack calcium.

Plants lack manganese

Symptoms

When the plant is short of manganese, there are yellow brown spots or red brown spots on the top of the flower leaves. The leaves are gray and white, and the small spots on the top gradually expand until the leaves wither.

Solution

Apply manganese fertilizer to plants in time.

Plants lack phosphorus

Symptoms

When the plant is short of phosphorus, it grows slowly, the flowering period is delayed, the leaf color becomes dark green, the plant loses luster, there will be purple or red spots, and the leaf will die in serious cases.

Solution

Apply phosphorus fertilizer to the plant.

Plants lack calcium.

The plant lacks potassium

Symptoms

Flower leaves appear brown spots, old leaves are not normal wrinkle bending, edge scorched.

Solution

Add potassium fertilizer to the plant.

Plants lack magnesium

Symptoms

The leaves of the whole plant turn yellow and the veins are still green. If not remedied in time, the leaves will turn brown and die.

Solution

Apply magnesium fertilizer to the plant.

Potassium deficiency in plants

Plants lack sulfur

Symptoms

From the leaf vein part of the yellow, leaves will slowly appear erythema, eventually leading to the death of the whole plant.

Solution

Apply sulphur fertilizer to the plant.

Plants lack boron

Symptoms

Flower top stop growing, new leaf malformed atrophy, yellow vein, plant growth rate slowed down, serious boron deficiency when the plant no longer flowering and bearing.

Solution

Apply boron fertilizer to the plant.

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