Daffodil leaf shoots
Most of the daffs are growing nicely, but I noticed that many of the leaf
tips are very yellow and pale, I seem to remember reading somewhere about this, but can't find it now. Google didn't turn up anything useful either. Would this indicate a soil deficiency of some sort? As far as I know nitrogen promotes leaf and stem growth, phosphorous promotes flowering and potassium helps flowering and makes fruit tastier. I know that other nutrients (iron and magnesium?) are also involved, but am very confused as to what part they actually play. I did test the soil last summer from various parts of the garden, and got high readings for nitrogen and almost no phosphorous and potassium! Ph was about 8.0 or a little below. Soil is heavy clay with what looks like chalk pebbles further down. I'm intending to manure everywhere quite liberally when the weather improves, as I've found a local stable with quite a pile of nicely rotted black gold! Will the manure and the application of bone meal help? An enthusiastic but relatively clueless soul would be grateful for any advice! -- Regards, Charles cthorpe at ukfsn dot org "I really cannot tolerate intolerance" |
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