Beetroot leaves really dry!
Hi, my beetroot leaves are really really dry, if I touch them they broke. It's been raining for days and today it was a sunny day, whats the problem? what do I do? should I cover them if there is too much sunlight directly to them? how much sun should they receive? How much water?
I'm really sad because they were starting to get use to the new container and they recover perfectly after all the hard rain that fell on them. The soil looks dry but I'm actually watering them everyday.
Thank you and sorry for all the questions!
I'm really sad because they were starting to get use to the new container and they recover perfectly after all the hard rain that fell on them. The soil looks dry but I'm actually watering them everyday.
Thank you and sorry for all the questions!
Posted
by: Romina
(1 point)
Posted: November 22, 2013
Answers
put your thumb and index finger about an inch down into the soil and grab a pinch. If it stays together than you should have enough soil that your plants won't wilt. Dry, brittle leaves are dead leaves that are just dragging your plant down so remove them with a pair of scissors.
It looks like you may have started them inside and planted them without hardening them off first. If so then they may have reacted badly to direct sunlight. I find that direct planting is the easiest and best way to grow any green leafy and spares the disappointments that often come with replanting.
It looks like you may have started them inside and planted them without hardening them off first. If so then they may have reacted badly to direct sunlight. I find that direct planting is the easiest and best way to grow any green leafy and spares the disappointments that often come with replanting.
Posted
by: J.D. Archer
(31 points)
Posted: November 22, 2013
Romina commented,
Thanks so much for your answer, they actually give it to me in a container and they were all together (all five of them) so I had to put them apart really nicely and I put them in a bigger container, they were very sad and then the rain came so they couldn't lift up, then when the rain stopped at night they started to get much better and in the next day they became like this! but I always try to direct planting! I hope they get better and I will cut the dead leaves. Thanks again! over 10 years ago.
Thanks so much for your answer, they actually give it to me in a container and they were all together (all five of them) so I had to put them apart really nicely and I put them in a bigger container, they were very sad and then the rain came so they couldn't lift up, then when the rain stopped at night they started to get much better and in the next day they became like this! but I always try to direct planting! I hope they get better and I will cut the dead leaves. Thanks again! over 10 years ago.
There could be a number of reasons:
- pull a few plants and check the roots. Do they look healthy or rotten or eaten?
- plant roots don't like water-logged soil. Is the container well drained? Check the root zone.
- nutrient deficiency other than N deficiency. Is the soil in the containers fertile, i.e. well structured, sufficient soil in organic matter?
- pull a few plants and check the roots. Do they look healthy or rotten or eaten?
- plant roots don't like water-logged soil. Is the container well drained? Check the root zone.
- nutrient deficiency other than N deficiency. Is the soil in the containers fertile, i.e. well structured, sufficient soil in organic matter?
Posted
by: Carina Moeller
(5 points)
Posted: March 27, 2014
I really admire your devotion to growing food, your sharp powers of observation, and your passion for learning, Romina. I hope you'll find others to share your excitement, so you can pass along the knowledge you're gaining.
The tiny root systems of your transplants might be drowning and dying because the soil is saturated from overwatering. Plant roots need to absorb oxygen from air in the soil. If you water every day, all the spaces between soil particles that once furnished oxygen will fill up with water.
The tiny root systems of your transplants might be drowning and dying because the soil is saturated from overwatering. Plant roots need to absorb oxygen from air in the soil. If you water every day, all the spaces between soil particles that once furnished oxygen will fill up with water.
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by: Peg Boyles
(4 points)
Posted: November 23, 2013
Romina commented,
Thanks so much Peg for you answer! I'm so sorry I couldn't comment on your post before, I've been really busy! Thank you so much too for the up vote you gave me, that made my day! I do really love my plants and any little thing that happens to them I have to search for it, you never know plus I'm very new at this and I've got tons of questions! Gladly there are people like you around the world who can help me! I'm gonna go now and keep asking!
:):) Thank you Peg! :):) over 10 years ago.
Thanks so much Peg for you answer! I'm so sorry I couldn't comment on your post before, I've been really busy! Thank you so much too for the up vote you gave me, that made my day! I do really love my plants and any little thing that happens to them I have to search for it, you never know plus I'm very new at this and I've got tons of questions! Gladly there are people like you around the world who can help me! I'm gonna go now and keep asking!
:):) Thank you Peg! :):) over 10 years ago.
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