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Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« on: May 28, 2020, 12:21:14 PM »
I recently foliar fed my wax jambu and atemoya plants thru the leaves with 1oz unsulfured grandma brand molasses and 1oz of fish and kelp emulsion in a gallon of water.  These plants are in pots.

After 2 weeks, some of the leaves are turning yellow with green veins. From the leaves, it looks like a chlorosis of magnesium. Is it deficient in magnesium or iron?

Anyone with similar experiences? How do i correct this?





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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2020, 12:50:53 PM »
My atemoya's also have that and i didn't feed them molasses...i fed them dolomite on the soil but mine look worse than yours.

I thought it came from the ultra high heat here but i have no idea...the one on the hottest spot has very light yellow leaves now, almost white...

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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2020, 01:18:30 PM »
did you add a surfactant or wetting agent?

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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2020, 01:31:15 PM »
neither. i didn't add any soap or oil just molasses and emulsion in water.

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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2020, 03:16:27 PM »
my 2 cents is that it's not related to the foliar spray at all....i would be concerned about possible iron-deficiency chlorosis caused by alkaline soil conditions.

though that might be a bit strong of a solution (2 oz total per gallon).

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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2020, 03:20:22 PM »
Possibly a Magnesium or Iron Deficiency.



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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2020, 04:09:11 PM »


Possibly a Magnesium or Iron Deficiency.


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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2020, 04:12:02 PM »
my 2 cents is that it's not related to the foliar spray at all....i would be concerned about possible iron-deficiency chlorosis caused by alkaline soil conditions.

though that might be a bit strong of a solution (2 oz total per gallon).

I thought about that too (soil pH). I dont believe wax jambu and atemoya are pH sensitive plants so they can tolerate in the 7 to 7.5 level, correct.

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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2020, 04:51:35 PM »
Wax jambu and atemoya like high ph .Atemoya likes limestone and wax jambu sodic soil wich has a ph of 8,5+.
What i think it happened its that you feed bacteria with sugar and they used all the nitrogen .
After bacteria dies ,the plant should get available nitrogen again and more than before.

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Re: Leaves turned yellow after molasses
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2020, 09:29:20 AM »
Thanks for your inputs.