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Symptoms of plant nutrient deficiency

Read the leaves, roots and fruit to tell which nutrient your crop is missing and how to fix it.

Plants show visible symptoms when they lack nutrients. Spotting them early lets you correct the problem before yield is lost.

Primary nutrients

  • Nitrogen (N): older lower leaves turn pale yellow; stunted growth
  • Phosphorus (P): dark green to purplish leaves, poor roots, late flowering
  • Potassium (K): scorched edges on older leaves; small, less sweet fruit

Secondary and micronutrients

  • Calcium: deformed young shoots, cracked fruit
  • Magnesium: yellowing between veins on older leaves
  • Boron: dying tips, flower drop, misshapen fruit

If you are not sure, send a soil sample to our lab so fertilizer can be targeted precisely.

(Draft — pending review by our agronomy team)

Not sure which formula to use?

Talk to our agronomists for free. Tell us your crop and the problem you are seeing, and we will recommend the right formula.

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