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Eggplant with drying leaves

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:31 am
by arnorrian
I'm growing eggplant for the first time (Ping Tung and Nagasaki) and everything went well until I notices that some larger leaves have dry spots on them. The sports start as thinning of the surface of the leaf, than dry. I keep my seedlings inside, at 20-25 C (68-77 F), under 6500K LEDs. I've been watering with a liquid fertilizer once a week, as they are in peat moss substrate. The tomato and chili seedlings kept at the same place are spotless. I took them all out in the sun for 15 minutes two days ago. Does anybody know what's the problem?

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Re: Eggplant with drying leaves

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:15 am
by Salaam
I've got the same problem under LED lights. The ones under the fluorescent are okay.

Re: Eggplant with drying leaves

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:27 pm
by arnorrian
I've just realized it's just on Ping Tung. Nagasaki is fine, as are tomatoes and chilies. I've raised the bulbs as much as possible.

Re: Eggplant with drying leaves

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:40 pm
by Cole_Robbie
Led lights accellerate nutrient uptake. That is probably a calcium/magnesium deficiency. You can fertilize more, dim the light if it has a dimmer, or just raise the light to be farther from the plants.

Re: Eggplant with drying leaves

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:01 pm
by arnorrian
Thanks!

Re: Eggplant with drying leaves

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:48 pm
by Salaam
Mine are Ping Tung too. I'll move them to the fluorescents and bring some peppers to the LEDs.