Over the past few days I’ve noticed two things. First, my cucumber seedlings have a tendency to die for some reason. Secondly, many of my plants have a growing yellow tint. Some tiny spots on the leaves have gone brown. Like this…
This hadn’t happened in the two previous years of starting seedlings indoors, so I wasn’t sure what I was doing wrong.
So I did a little research on the internet and it wasn’t hard to find the answer. It was… lack of fertilizer. As I was reading several articles that explained this to me, I realize that I had neglected to fertilize my seedlings this year! So, today I gave them a healthy dose of fertilizer (though I was tempted to do extra, I refrained…). We’ll see how long it takes for them to recover and if my problem was actually what I think it was.
If you’ve got a more accurate understanding of the problem, let me know!
6 replies on “Yellow Leaves On Your Seedlings?”
I have a few different types of fertilizer…..fertilizer is my friend! 🙂
I suspect that’s what’s wrong with my miniature rose that I’ve been nursing since Valentine’s Day. Since putting it in a larger pot, I’ve neglected fertilizer and many of the leaves are yellowish. Thanks for the reminder!
Just an extra note: Since my first dose of fertilizer on my pumpkins, they have had a huge burst of growth!
Thank you for this information! Some of the leaves on my pumpkin plants are turning yellow…. so I will try the ferilizer!
What type of fertilizer did you use?
Heather – I’m afraid that was too long ago for me to remember!