Pepper
  • Apples
  • Barley
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Grapevines
  • Grassland
  • Lettuce
  • Maize
  • Oats
  • Oilseed Rape
  • Onions
  • Pepper
  • Potatoes
  • Raspberries
  • Rye
  • Soya bean
  • Strawberry
  • Sugar Beet
  • Tomato
  • Wheat

Nutrients

N Nitrogen
P Phosphorus
K Potassium
Mg Magnesium
Ca Calcium
S Sulphur
Fe Iron
Mn Manganese
Mo Molybdenum
Zn Zinc

Pepper - Chlorosis

Symptoms
The leaf blade has got a mottled, chlorotic appearance. A narrow, necrotic seam occurs along the main vein at the leaf base.

Reasons
Phosphorus deficiency

Pepper - Chlorosis

Symptoms
The leaf blade has got a mottled, chlorotic appearance. By the time, the bigger chlorotic dots towards the leaf margin turn grey and necrotic.

Reasons
Phosphorus deficiency

Pepper - Chlorosis

Symptoms
The leaf blade has got a mottled, partly chlorotic and partly dark green appearance.

Reasons
Phosphorus deficiency

Pepper - Discolouration

Symptoms
Fruit on P deficient plants are often shorter and narrower than normal

Reasons
Phosphorus deficiency on fruit

Pepper - Chlorosis

Symptoms
Total plant size and leaf size are severely reduced, leaves are very chlorotic and wilting, especially the older ones.

Reasons
Severe phosphorus deficiency (right)

Phosphorus deficiency made worse by

  • Acidic or very alkaline (calcareaus) soils
  • Low organic matter
  • Cold or wet conditions
  • Crops with a poorly developed root system
  • Soils with low P reserves
  • Soils with a high phosphate capacity
  • Iron rich soils

Phosphorus is important for

  • Ensuring good start and continued growth for high yield
  • Increases fruit set, fruit development and early maturity