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Hi all GP growers! I'm a new GP grower in Northern Ontario and I believe my nutrients are locked up. My leaves are light green/yellow with green veins. I have added Epsom salts with not much improvement. I was thinking it might be a manganese deficiency but without a soil analysis it's hard to tell. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to 'unlock' nutrients? If it is a manganese deficiency how much would I add and how?

8/17/2015 3:20:20 PM

Colorado

Changing your ph will unlock metals. You need a soil test to tell you your current ph and levels of metals and minerals. You have to know where youre at to determine where you need to go

8/17/2015 3:44:27 PM

Central NY

What makes you think they are locked up?... You fertilize heavy?

8/17/2015 5:21:53 PM

Sudbury

I wasn't sure how often to use fertilizer so I was doing it weekly with ie 20-20-20 fertlizer (depending on stage of growth of the plant different ratios of N-P-K were used) and adding other nutrients weekly like seaweed and fish fertlizer. I also started making compost tea with worm castings/humic acid/ounce of seaweed and adding that couple time a week? I'm not sure though how often fertlizer should be used and in what quantities per square foot?

8/17/2015 7:42:51 PM

Sudbury

I'm assuming nutrients were locked up because my leaves are pale green with yellow spots and pumpkin is growing slowly

8/17/2015 7:46:58 PM

Central NY

Sounds like me my first two years...pics would help.. Soil test a must

8/17/2015 8:37:10 PM

Lexington, Ky

How much rain/water have you had/applied?

8/18/2015 11:42:58 AM

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8/21/2015 11:09:39 AM