What is wrong with these plants? Do they need fertilizer?

[PunkRotten]

Hi,


I have a flowering Cilantro plant and I have noticed it started to yellow and now the tips of the yellow leaves are turning a little purple looking. At first I thought it was too much watering so I cut back. But doesn't seem to have helped. I am thinking it may be a nutrient deficiency. The plant is grown in kind of poor soil. Pretty much clay that I put a very tiny amount of compost in.

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Next is my lemon tree. I transplanted it to a 15 gallon pot and since then everything seemed to be doing fine. That was almost 2 weeks ago. I used regular potting soil, and I added in a handful of azomite and some compost mixed with citrus tone. It said to mix 6 cups for the size of tree I had but I only did 5. Today I noticed all the tips at the very top are all leaned over.

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I grew some sunflowers and waited for the heads to get brown and dried out. But when I pull out some seeds they are soft and have no seed in the middle. What happened?

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[jal_ut]

The sunflowers did not get pollinated.

It would not hurt to fertilize the other plants a bit.

[PunkRotten]

Yeah that is what I figured with the sunflowers. Any recommendation on fertilizer for the Cilantro? I got organic 4-4-4, 2-1-1 (liquid fish/seaweed), and I got another that is 4-6-3.

[Tonio]

Cilantro goes purple when they bolt. The leaves will go purple first, then the flush of flower stalk. Once the seeds start , the energy goes to maturing the seeds, so the leaves die down.

I do not let go to seed, but think that's quite typical for cilantro leaves go yellow while moving to seed maturing stage-in SO CAL now.

Do you feel the seed clusters are small/immature?

T

[PunkRotten]

There is a good amount of flowers but I have not observed anything that looks like seeds are forming yet.

[rainbowgardener]

I think you got good answers on all the other stuff except the lemon tree. Is it getting enough water? I think often when trees are water deficient they start bending over at the tips like that. We had a couple of years of bad drought here, and a lot of the huge old conifers were bending over at the top. I think citrus likes pretty much water.

[PunkRotten]

Yeah I am making sure it gets plenty of water especially since I just transplanted it. I have to soak it several times in order for the water to make it down to the bottom. But the day before I took the pic it rained pretty good and the soil was still damp when I took the pic. The tree today looks a little better. I am not sure what was bothering it. I am keeping a close eye though to see what happens next.

[soil]

let the cilantro go, it will produce seed, when the entire plant is drying out and turning brown cut it at the base and stick it seed part down inside a paper bag or pillow case. let it dry further then break the seeds off by shaking. now you have enough seed to grow a few hundred cilantro plants, and have it year around. or you can use the seeds as coriander spice.

[clutchrider]

Yeah I am making sure it gets plenty of water especially since I just transplanted it. I have to soak it several times in order for the water to make it down to the bottom. But the day before I took the pic it rained pretty good and the soil was still damp when I took the pic. The tree today looks a little better. I am not sure what was bothering it. I am keeping a close eye though to see what happens next.

I always thought plants/trees/shrubs/etc. went through a sorta dormant phase once transplanted. I could be entirely wrong though. Dumb question, on the transplant did you put and peat down in the hole beforehand or loosen up the soil around the hole?

Just asking the basics I guess because the tree could just be adjusting to it's new home.

[PunkRotten]

The Lemon tree is in a 15 gallon pot. I put some screen on the bottom and filled the pot up about halfway with potting soil. Then took the tree out and wet the root ball and put it in the pot filling the sides and pushing down on the soil as I went. I took a few inches from the top and mixed it with compost, azomite (rock dust), and citrus tone fertilizer.


Looking at the tree today it shows some improvement. I am keeping an eye on it to see what happens.