Real World Gardener Podcasts

 PLANT HEALTH Plant Nutrition Deficiencies: Macro Nutrient Nitrogen The 'Plant health' segment was created for my radio show "Real World Gardener,' as a division of the 'Plant doctor' segment, because I felt that it’s important to focus on what can go wrong with plants that isn’t a pest or a disease. In the following audio podcasts, you will hear about what to look for in plants that have deficiencies of one of the macro nutrients: Nitrogen:Phosphorus:Potassium; in other words NPK or the macro nutrients. Gardeners can often see problems appearing first in the colour of the leaves, but this can also be followed closely by lack of vigour, stunted growth and general unthriftiness of the plant.   The key to diagnosing problems, however isn't just looking at the colour of the leaves but it's knowing your soil type and soil pH. Yes, I know, we do go on about soil pH but that often underlies the reason behind your plants' problems. The other underlying problem may be insufficient drainage which causes waterlogging