Unit B: Establishing a Fruit Garden
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Deficiency Symptoms of Fruit and Nut Trees
Unit B: Establishing a Fruit Garden
Lesson 5: Fertilizing Fruit and Nut Trees1Deficiency Symptoms ReviewPlease note:Every fruit will display some special characteristics when experiencing a particular deficiency. For example, a copper deficiency in apple has different characteristics than pear.These slides only show the general characteristics to look for.Use TM: B5-2 as a reference while observing these slides. 2Nitrogen3
Nitrogen4
Nitrogen deficiency causing leaf drop on fruit trees. Phosphorus5
Potassium6
Calcium7
Apple calcium deficiency appears as slightly sunken round blemishes, more numerous at blossom end.Magnesium8
SulfurSulfur deficiencies are hard to diagnose as they are very similar to Nitrogen- yellow leaves, poor fruiting. The only difference is sulfur deficiency begins in younger leaves. 9Boron10
Boron11
Boron deficienct cherry showing dieback of shoot terminals.
Copper12
Chlorine13
Iron14
Manganese15
MolybdenumMolybdenum deficiency is hard to diagnose as it is very similar to Nitrogen. Also, Molybdenum is very rarely deficient. 16Zinc17