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How to understand that a vegetable crop lacks a particular nutrient: all the signs
01.08.2024 08:56
During the first two summer months, vegetable crops grew and bore fruit actively.
Therefore, at the end of the warm season, plants may experience a “loss of strength”.
The gardener's goal is to find out what microelements the flora representative lacks.
Having received the necessary information, the gardener must feed the plants with the necessary fertilizers.
If the owner of a country plot does not do this, then one should not expect to receive a rich and high-quality harvest before the end of the current summer cottage season.
Problems may arise next year as well.
But how do you know which nutrient the plant is lacking? To do this, you need to pay attention to the signs of a deficiency of certain components.
An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh shared important information for summer residents.
Nitrogen deficiency
A clear sign of nitrogen deficiency is leaf chlorosis.
In other words, the leaf blades lose their bright green color and become yellowish.
Potassium deficiency
The gardener should be alerted by the leaf blades acquiring a blue-violet color.
Slow growth of garden crops also indicates a lack of potassium.
Phosphorus deficiency
A deficiency of this microelement is indicated by the appearance of a bronze tint on the leaves.
Manganese deficiency
The existence of such a problem is indicated by yellowing of the leaf blades along the edges.
Calcium deficiency
If there is a deficiency of this microelement, the growth point may become depressed and die off.
Boron deficiency
The plant clearly lacks this component if the flora representative has begun to lose ovaries.
Magnesium deficiency
The presence of this problem is indicated by the appearance of yellow edges on the leaves, which over time become reddish or purple.
Iron deficiency
The owner of a country plot should be wary if the leaf blades begin to turn yellow between the veins.
