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Fri, Apr 9, 10 at 13:33
| Ok well I may answer my own question here but just want to make sure I'm answering it right. I've noticed lately my broccoli plants (still indoors under lights) have developed a grey sheen to their leaves. For some reason I thought this was normal until I got a good look at them last night next to the very green pepper leaves and thought, that can't be right. I think I've been blinded to this being a problem because they are growing very well. I'm guessing it's probably a nutrient deficiency of some sort. The seeds were started in the germinating mix that gardeners.com sells and when I potted them up the first time I just continued to use the germinating mix (note I've since started potting up my other veggies using a potting mix). They did send me some fertilizer with the germinating mix (plant health care for seedlings), I'm guessing maybe I need to start using this on the plants? They are all just developing their 4th true leaf so I think they are far enough along to be fertilizing.
Please let me know if you think this is my problem. I think a couple of my peppers got transplanted into the germinating mix as well, is it ok to use it on them if they only have two true leaves? -T |
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- Posted by oilpainter 3 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 9, 10 at 15:25
| First; Your broccoli is just fine. New Broccoli leaves are green, Mature leaves do have a grayish cast due to a fine fuzzy coating on the leaves. Wet the top of the leaf a bit and you will see the green. I'm assuming the fertilizer is water soluable. If that's the case then yes you can fertilize everything sparingly, including the peppers, but use the fertilizer at half or even 1/4 strength and do it after you water. Fertilizing a dry plant can cause root burn |
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