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hi mike here totally new to growing anything let alone aquaponically just wondering if anyone can give me some advice on what to do?? im currently cycling fishlessly so obviously theres not going to be enough nutrients for the plants they have done ok up to now and are just starting to yellow slightly and what looks like burning??
1 im not sure what this is? anything serious?
2 shall i do anything or will they b ok untill i get fish in there ive had high nitrites with no ammonia for 3 weeks now so hopefully they will be dissapearing soon and il be getting some fish in there
thanks for any help mike


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Add a tea spoon of iron chelate. Wait a week and if not better add another


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ok so its iron deficiency im dealing with then i thought so but wasnt sure is there anything else like maxicrop that i could use bit faster and easier for me to get than iron chelate or will that not do the trick?? thanks for the help


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Looks like Iron in the Tom,Potassium in the top pics,necrotic spots and the burnt dead look to the outside edge of the leaf,you could have poor root development as well.

thanks is there anything i can do to solve this its only on those 2 broccoli and 1 tomato everything has looked quite green and ok until last 3 days??


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If it's available, spray with "Maxicrop plus Iron" 30mls per 3.8 L (rough conversion from Oz/Gallon). It contains both Iron and Potassium. Keep doing this about once per week till the symptoms dissapear.

Cheers

just orderd it now so just spray it on plants that are affected? should i not put any in the water? thanks very much for the help scotty


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ive just seen your comment on the other thread i think was for me and my ph is around the 7 mark thanks for the help again


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I completely agree with Scotty, just my experience on my system Foliar doesn’t have a profound effect on seedlings,small plants, I would dose the system until they loose there symptoms then as they get established top up with a foliar application as well.
You could also try Potassium sulphate at one teaspoon per 1000l on a weekly basis,for your iron FE DPTA,both of these should be readily available in the UK.

thanks for both of your help got the maxicrop plus iron on the ways hopefully get this sorted asap thanks again mike


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