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Old 06-11-2021, 09:29 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Default Re: Grow More Fruit Fuel Fertilizer dosage

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Originally Posted by Akula View Post
Oh, yeah.
1. Leaves start jamming up-next leaf is coming out before the prior leaf has properly opened;
2, Crinkly marks on the leaves. Looks like the leaf has been hit with a waffle iron;
3, Twisted leaves;
4. Leaf opens and is extremely paie or pale in spots. These white areas are prone to sunburn;
5. Deformed leaves;
6. Cigar leaf begins to open or opens but the cigar/leaf collapses or breaks.

Usually skipping a fertlizer application clears the problem. Fast growth can also be due to unusually large amounts of rain.

One leaf per 7 days is about the right speed for most plants actively growing. Sometimes you can get away with 5 but that's when the problems start to develop. Also different plants can take different volumes of fertilizer before they encounter problems. Namwa and Patupi can eat a lot of fertilizer. Raja Puri not so much. Also the local rainfall conditions have an impact. Plants grown outdoors in the ground can take a great deal more fertilzer than plants in pots because of rainfall and leaching.
Akula, thanks for listing those indicators of over fertilizing. You are spot on about Raja Puri not being able to take too much fertilizer, as mine has shown. My 2 dwarf Brazilian however have shown no ill effect of being pushed a little bit.
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