If your plants are not growing like you imagined they should, they could be grieving from a nutrient deficiency. Here are some signs and solutions to those deficiencies.
Nitrogen deficiency - yellow or pale green leaves.
Solution - add coffee grounds to your soil or plant nitrogen-rich plants close to nitrogen-deficient plants.
Phosphorus deficiency - darkening around edges of leaves, small or no flowers.
Solution - add a bone meal to the soil. You can additionally add used fish tank water to the soil if it doesn’t contain salt in the water.
Potassium deficiency - leaves with brown spots, brown or yellow veins, or yellow edges.
Solution - bury banana peels into your soil. Peels take some time to rot, therefore this is a process that will gradually boost your plant growth.
Magnesium deficiency - yellowing of veins and edges of leaves. Can seldom have a marbled appearance.
Solution - add Epsom salt to the soil before you water it.
Calcium deficiency - yellow spots between leaf veins, stunted growth, weak or dying stems.
Solution - add crushed eggshells to the soil. This approach will slowly nourish your plants, so make sure you till the eggshells properly into the soil to help the process along.
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