Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Shouldn't more organic soil mean greener leaves?

one really, really weird thing I noticed with my sunflowers today was that my sunflowers in the backyard soil had a darker tinge of green in the leaves compared to the one in the potting mix and compost soil.
which is really odd because when I researched this, I came up with the fact that "The peas main nutrients are phosphorus and small amounts of nitrogen. If your soil is naturally nutritious, don't add anything else, but if not add in some fertiliser with the water every 2 or 3 weeks. One way to tell whether your plant is getting enough nutrients to judge from it's colour. If the colour is pale green, you will need to give the peas more nitrogen."
Information obtained: 9pm; 12th May, 2010
Author of article: Nathalie Van

Yes, even though I'm talking about my sunflowers, and not my peas, I'm pretty sure the same theory will apply to all plants.

The potting mix already has many nutrients, meaning the leaves should be greener than the backyard soil, however, this isn't the case with my sunflowers. I think I should write this down as an observation. Wow, it's nearly day 28. tomorrow is the four weeks mark! :D
yes, that's all. (:

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