Plant Nutrient Deficiency Chart: What Leaf Symptoms Are Telling You
Which leaves are affected tells you more than the color alone. Use this chart to narrow the suspects, then confirm with a soil test before buying fertilizer.
Which leaves are affected tells you more than the color alone. Use this chart to narrow the suspects, then confirm with a soil test before buying fertilizer.
The soil often has plenty of iron, but the plant can't take it up. That's why a soil test comes before any product, and why some fixes barely last a season.
A monstera sheds its oldest leaves now and then. When several yellow together, the soil, the light and the leaf undersides will tell you why.
A yellow tomato leaf is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Where it starts on the plant narrows the cause quickly and tells you whether to feed, prune, wait or pull the plant.
Which leaves turned yellow tells you more than the color does. Start with the soil, then work through light, drafts, feeding and pests.
Where the yellow sits on the leaf and on the shrub narrows the cause fast. Start there, then test the soil before you buy anything.
Which leaves are yellow, and in what pattern, tells you most of what you need to know. Here's how to read them on in-ground and potted citrus.
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