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merce3
06-28-2014, 08:55 PM
the leaves on a few of my plants are yellowing in a strange way. my pitogo in particular was hit hard. seems like sunburn (it's been in the 90s), but i also fertilized on thursday. i realized my bag of fertilizer got wet and compacted, so maybe i overdosed it. should i water to dilute?
http://i.imgur.com/RMnpMLH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sL40Z1e.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8SduOPG.jpg

austinl01
06-28-2014, 09:21 PM
I'd water well and try to wash the fertilizer down or out of the bed. If it's been there for a while, it's not sunburn.

merce3
06-28-2014, 10:08 PM
it happened all of a sudden... it was fine yesterday.

austinl01
06-28-2014, 10:17 PM
It will recover, but it's not fun.

siege2050
06-28-2014, 10:29 PM
I think i would flush the soil, and start with a different fertilizer to be safe.

merce3
06-29-2014, 12:02 AM
i'm using fruit fuel... i think i over did it. i added 1 tbsp per gal, but it was more compact so i think i ended up with more

siege2050
06-29-2014, 11:06 AM
If it was in crystalline form, and it was wet, it probably filled in the gaps between the crystals with liquid, so probably a big overdose.

merce3
06-29-2014, 04:37 PM
yeah, i tried to take that into account and undermeasure, but i guess that didn't work out. looks like all the others are fine though.

Iunepeace
06-30-2014, 12:18 PM
I think the Fruit Fuel is great stuff from what I've heard feedback wise, probably just overfertilization. Try and flush like recommended and the banana should recover fine :)