Carrots - Discolouration
Symptoms
Potassium deficiency causes reddish foliage discoloration, starting on older leaf margins.
Causes
Potassium deficiency
Carrots - Discolouration
Symptoms
Potassium deficiency causes reddish foliage discoloration, starting on older leaf margins.
Causes
Potassium deficiency
Carrots - Wilting
Symptoms
Older leaves show interveinal chlorosis an subsequent paling and wilting.
Causes
Potassium deficiency
Potassium deficiency made worse by
- Acidic soils (low pH)
- Sandy or light soils (leaching)
- Drought conditions
- High rainfall (leaching)
- or heavy irrigation
- Heavy clay (illite) soils
- Soils with low K reserves
- Magnesium rich soils
Potassium is important for
- Essential for high yielding
- High requirement
