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Nematode · August 8, 2016

I have had Iron deficiency in the past, and it doesn't look like a typical presentation, all the plants are on the same feed, and usually nutrient problems are obvious across a wide swath of the garden.

It does have a strange interveinal chlorosis though......almost like a molybdenum def.

I would not rule out problems in the root zone causing deficiency in certain plants as they succumb to wet feet. Its like a switch was flipped, normal growth, then above that thin pale growth with mottled foliage as in the first pic.

August 8, 2016	#4
Nematode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,710	I have had Iron deficiency in the past, and it doesn't look like a typical presentation, all the plants are on the same feed, and usually nutrient problems are obvious across a wide swath of the garden. It does have a strange interveinal chlorosis though......almost like a molybdenum def. I would not rule out problems in the root zone causing deficiency in certain plants as they succumb to wet feet. Its like a switch was flipped, normal growth, then above that thin pale growth with mottled foliage as in the first pic.