Potato plants turning yellow at center

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blackberryjam

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Potato plants turning yellow at center
« on: May 20, 2019, 21:53 »
Hi does anyone know what's causing this
As you can see the plant is turning yellow at the centre.
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Aunt Sally

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Re: Potato plants turning yellow at center
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2019, 22:07 »
I have seen this before on an allotment neighbour's plot. It could be a physiological problem, possibly iron deficiently.

If I remember correctly  they grew through it and we're fine. I'd give some liquid seaweed feed.

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Re: Potato plants turning yellow at center
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2019, 12:16 »
I'm also a big fan of Maxicrop liquid sea weed feed so it's worth a go.
I work very hard so don't expect me to think as well.

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Re: Potato plants turning yellow at center
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2019, 09:05 »
Sounds like your soil mix is wrong, a good homemade compost, manure and some seaweed at their start helps.
Did you feed them when first planted with a potato fertiliser or Growmore? That helps.
At this stage, add in and mix carefully a handful of fertiliser like Growmore.
But yellow leaf sounds like a magnesium deficiency. Add some homemade compost or seaweed and let the rain or watering take it down.
The will revive and keep up the healthy leaf.

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Re: Potato plants turning yellow at center
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2019, 16:32 »
You tend to get a more general inter-vein chlorosis with magnesium deficiency.

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Re: Potato plants turning yellow at center
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2019, 20:19 »
Applied liquid seaweed this evening



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