Its strange as i only gave them some fish blood + bone food a few days ago -and Im sure the other plants are starting to lose the red tinge -although it could be my imagination lol -so now I have a picture I will be able to compare and see if lack of phosporus was the problem ..
Showing posts with label TROUBLE SHOOTING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TROUBLE SHOOTING. Show all posts
Monday, June 1, 2009
RED LEAVES ON BRASSICA PIC
Its strange as i only gave them some fish blood + bone food a few days ago -and Im sure the other plants are starting to lose the red tinge -although it could be my imagination lol -so now I have a picture I will be able to compare and see if lack of phosporus was the problem ..
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Brassica leaves turning purple!!!!
I have decided to do a trouble shooting section as I have just had my own problem and have tracked down the possible cause and solution -so thought it would be a good idea to keep it all together...
Anyway -the title says it all lol - I noticed a while ago that many of my brassicas -particularly the brussels and cauliflowers had started to get a purple/red hue to their leaves. I left them as it didn't look like they were diseased or dying -but as more have started doing it I have trundled through the internet and found that the probable cause is a lack of phosphorus -which is needed for photosynthesis (all sounds very technical lol) .... now I don't want to add too much in case that isn't the problem so I have use a bit of fish blood and bone fertilizer I happen to have in -pinkies crossed it helps
i will try and get a picture later so you can see what I mean and I can compare for any improvement ...
Anyway -the title says it all lol - I noticed a while ago that many of my brassicas -particularly the brussels and cauliflowers had started to get a purple/red hue to their leaves. I left them as it didn't look like they were diseased or dying -but as more have started doing it I have trundled through the internet and found that the probable cause is a lack of phosphorus -which is needed for photosynthesis (all sounds very technical lol) .... now I don't want to add too much in case that isn't the problem so I have use a bit of fish blood and bone fertilizer I happen to have in -pinkies crossed it helps
i will try and get a picture later so you can see what I mean and I can compare for any improvement ...
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