What’s wrong with Ice cream bean? (Inga species)

[TomekK]

I’m growing an ice cream bean from seed, and the leaves from the start looked kind of wonky. They are sort of crinkly, and never reached a full green. This newest leaf is the worst, it didn’t even reach full size. What’s wrong?

[SeaWalnut]

I dont know whats wrong with them ,but i had same Inga specie like yours from the same source and all died like that.

[Oolie]

pH too high/ Iron deficiency.

Inga grows very poorly in containers.

[brian]

I have around twenty inga edulis grown from seed in containers and they are all nice and green.  I haven’t seen anything like in your picture

Are you growing these indoors in a window sill?  They might not be getting enough light.   Mine at outside in the summer, greenhoused in winter

[9B in Brazil]

Inga sp. are common in Brazil and I have several trees growing in the wild.  They like our soil which is high in iron and slightly acidic.  Mine are in partial sun and do quite well.  Try to mimic their native environment.

[TomekK]

I’ll try to add iron and lower the ph of the soil. I’m also taking it outside soon, I hope it helps. Should I transplant it now, or add iron/lower ph and transplant later?

Thanks,
Tomek

[TomekK]

For the iron, can I use a mixed minor element fertilizer, or must it be cheated liquid iron?

Thanks,
Tomek

[NateTheGreat]

Probably not that your soil is deficient in iron, but that the plant can't take it up due to pH being too high. This in turn is likely due to overwatering raising the pH. Adding sulfur will lower the pH, as would watering less. Spraying with chelated iron could quickly force the plant to absorb iron through the leaves.

[Oolie]

In addition planting it in the ground would likely resolve the issue as long as the soil it's planted in has a pH in the correct range.
The Iron is almost certainly there, it's just that the pH is in a range that keeps the Iron unavailable for the plant to uptake it.

[TomekK]

I won’t be able to plant it in ground, but I’ll try ordering and spraying some liquid iron on the leaves and lowering the ph with sulfur. I hope it survives!