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Polka dots, leathery leaves, crispy growing tips

3 years ago

My tomato seedlings are tantruming. The weirdest thing is the green polka dotted yellow leaves… magnesium deficiency?? Some also have curled growing tips verging on crispy and leathery textured younger leaves. I got new grow lights recently and hadn’t realized they specify “flowering and fruiting” rather than seeds and greens - could the younger leaves and tip curl be a type of burn?? Lights were 6” from plant tips as directed by packaging. The plants that have polka dots and/or the intervenal chlorosis have also lost several lower branches. Prior to that there were purple undersides. I repotted deeper and applied phosphorus. The purpling improved; not the sad state of the lower leaves. I’ve been feeding 1/2 strength fish fertilizer and calMag+ at watering (per bottle directions). Am I missing something??

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