LOOK FOR

Look for in leaves
• IRON DEFICIENCY
• Light green to pale yellow leaves with a fine network of green veins
• A thin ribbon of green along the main veins as symptoms progress
• Ivory areas which bleach white between the veins when severely affected
• Brown to black dead blotches developing in the whitened blade
• First symptoms on rapidly expanding young leaves
• Re-greening of spots on leaves after treatment with iron
  

   CONDITIONS

• Tissue analyses are often needed to correctly identify nutritional disorders
• IRON DEFICIENCY
• Deficiency is common on new growth, in poorly drained soils and/or soils high in free lime.
• Often called iron chlorosis or lime-induced chlorosis.