Onions - Discolouration
Symptoms
Leaf tips - or short lengths of the leaf - die back, without any previous yellowing of the leaf, causing the top of the leaf to fall over and die.<
Reasons
Calcium Deficiency
Calcium is a very important nutrient for growth and storage quality of onions.
Onions - Die off
Symptoms
Leaf tips - or short lengths of the leaf - die back, without any previous yellowing of the leaf, causing the top of the leaf to fall over and die.
Reasons
Calcium Deficiency
Calcium is a very important nutrient for growth and storage quality of onions.
Calcium deficiency made worse by
- Acidic soils
- Sandy or light soils (leaching)
- Acid peat soils
- Soils rich in sodium
- Soils rich in aluminium
- Drought conditions
- Fruit high in nitrogen or potassium
- Large fruit
Calcium is important for
- Root establishment and elongation as well as early crop growth
- Increases plant height and vigor
- Ca helps protect the bulbs against diseases and abiotic stress like chilling or salinity
