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Western PA

Hello to all! I have 3 leaves that opened up sorta zebra striped in color with green/lime green almost yellow stripes. Here is a PICS from my diary. Thanks for any help

PS. First year with Atlantic Giants, glad to be learning this art.

6/23/2005 12:03:40 PM

Western PA

Sorry....here is the Diary page. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=36140

6/23/2005 12:04:42 PM

Montoursville, PA

Difficult to read on the puter screen. I do think the rest of the plant is showing enough nitrogen. In fact the dark green I see might indicate a bit more than enough nitrogen that is yeilding a dark green.

I would not worry to much about this. Leaves will do this and then green up later...sometimes.

If you did nothing like foliar feeding or insect spraying that might have caused this I do not see this as a problem.
If a whole bunch like most of the plant was doing this then we would fire off a whole bunch of questions.

6/23/2005 12:36:48 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

looks like a chemical burn to me?

6/23/2005 12:39:43 PM

Cary, North Carolina

That happened to one of my plants last year and when I recieved the soil test it said the soil did not have enough nitrogen. Exept on mine 90% of the plant was like that. But it is hard to tell from the picture. Kev

6/23/2005 12:47:43 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Iron-deficient plants are yellow and stunted, with the symptoms expressed on the young leaves first. Affected leaves have interveinal chlorosis, with the leaf lamina at first appearing to be a "healthy" yellow. High pH soils often induce iron deficiency by holding iron in an insoluble form.

Calcium-deficient plants are stunted, having distorted, cupped leaves and characteristic interveinal chlorosis. Symptoms appear first on new growth.


Try to find a water soluble fert product that contains chelated Iron and calcium that is low in Nitrogen. Apply
in the very early morning or late evening. Green up will be very quick in a day or two. Shultz makes a product called Iron Green 8-0-0 that has worked fine for a number of growers.

6/23/2005 12:48:24 PM

Northern Cambria, Pa.

Looks like the after effects of leaf burn to me.

6/23/2005 4:47:24 PM

Western PA

WOW! Thank you all! A lot of info, great. These three leaves are getting greener as time goes on. I am pleased that nothing majoy is going on. Thanks.

6/23/2005 9:59:40 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

I have the same symptoms, but only on one plant. I think a lot of it is caracteristic of different genetics. I'm growing three different plant on the same plot, but only one shows these signs.

6/24/2005 2:43:01 AM

Phoenix, AZ

Interveinal chlorosis caused by a deficiency are only from 3 things: Fe, Mg or Mn so it would be best to have a foliar test done.

6/24/2005 10:13:32 AM

Western PA

I spray Calcium Nitrate very often, I thought at first that it was from spraying the tip leaves before they opened. Because this is new to me anything out of the ordinary alarms me. I should have photographed these early cause they looked Zebra striped....

6/24/2005 10:14:09 AM

Long Island,New York

Chemical burn on young leaf....2 cents please

6/24/2005 2:28:14 PM