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I have been at our new house for about a year. There is a constant
problem which makes me wonder if the garden is generally 'sick.'
Every time I raise plants (tomatoes, basil, foxglove - any soft leaf
plant) within a couple of weeks of appearing they develop
light-coloured speckles on the upper side of the leaves - see attached
photo. This does not appear to be fungal, if anything they look a
little scaly. It's particularly depressing to see it on salad leaves.

It happens to plants both in the garden and in new containers where the
plants are growing in bought compost. Therefore I suspect something
airborne rather thana soil deficiency.

Any ideas??
Thanks in advance.
Lee


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Not got time to go and look today, but your post has probably been
deleted with all the crud, so I'm reposting it.

Could be magnesium deficiency, or even manganese.

Try getting some seaweed fertiliser and watering the whole garden with
it - or selected areas as a trial.

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The message
from dibber contains these words:

I have been at our new house for about a year. There is a constant
problem which makes me wonder if the garden is generally 'sick.'
Every time I raise plants (tomatoes, basil, foxglove - any soft leaf
plant) within a couple of weeks of appearing they develop
light-coloured speckles on the upper side of the leaves

We need information about the garden whereaboutsand location. It
could be that your new garden collects windborne pollution of some kind;
either very lnearby or distant, such as industrial contamination, or
spray treatment, or salt from the sea.

What about neighbouring gardens? Are they affected too?

Janet.