Plant guide:🍓 Strawberries
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Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in Strawberries
Commonly affects: Fragaria × ananassa (Strawberry)
New leaves turn yellow with distinctly green veins, an interveinal chlorosis pattern, most common in alkaline soil.
Potential Causes
- 1Alkaline soil (high pH) locking up iron even when present in adequate amounts
- 2Overwatering reducing root function and iron uptake
- 3Naturally iron-poor or heavily limed soil in some regions
Solution Steps
- 1Apply a chelated iron supplement as a foliar spray for fast results
- 2Lower soil pH gradually with sulphur amendments if alkalinity is the underlying cause
- 3Improve drainage if overwatering is compounding the problem
Prevention Tip
Chelated iron works even in alkaline soil where regular iron supplements often fail to correct this specific chlorosis pattern.
