5 reasons why seedlings turned yellow, and what to do with it

Yellow sprouts - not an end to your harvest. To save the plants, it is necessary to determine the cause and fix the problem. The publication - clear information on the 5 options. Go!

1. "Blackleg". Beach all growers dealing with seedlings. Together with the yellow of leaves visibly blackening of the stem. There are treatments for "Black leg", but I will not lie to you - to cope with the disease have not yet been able to my practice. Throw out infested seedlings to attack did not pass on a healthy!

2. Infection with fungi and bacteria. In addition to changing colors hanging leaves. brown spots may appear, and the vessels of plants - darken. Treated with special anti-fungal and antibacterial agents for seedlings, but the process is long and the seedlings are very weak, giving little harvest.

3. vermin. Seedlings are very fond of spider mites and thrips. Take a magnifying glass and see if they are not on your tomatoes / peppers / cucumbers. Treated easily, the use of special tools. Please, do not torment yourself seedlings and folk remedies - their effectiveness is poor.

4. Violations of care. To this point the ears, you can draw anything you want. You better know where you nakosyachili)) leaves may turn yellow from the dry air, the direct light, draft, soil Gulf. Change is - and will be happy :)

5. The lack of micro-and macro. The most common and harmless reason. Young seedlings will change color with a healthy green to a strange yellow if it lacks nitrogen (also the culprit is potassium deficiency, iron, manganese, and magnesium). All this is due to the lack of nutrition in the soil. The hallmark of the "yellow hunger" - first leaves turn yellow in the ground, and then goes to the top of yellowness. If not enough nitrogen, the leaves are curled and more.

What to do: This needs to be addressed comprehensively. We have no time to guess which element is missing in our seedlings. So feel free to arming of complex mineral fertilizers and act according to the instructions (there indicated dosage for seedlings)