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I have transplanted some culture Geraniums into their final container. As the new growth comes out, the leaves are white. There must be somting off on the soil. Any Idas???
 
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Do you have a picture you can post?

When you say the new growth is white it makes us think about air pollution. Air pollution can be a problem if you have a crack in your heater exchange, you aren't venting while you are heating, or their is a gas leak. When air pollution damages a geranium crop the new growth will be completely white with all the chlorophyll gone. In most cases even the veins are white. If you have a picture you can post it would help us deteremine if it is air pollution or a nutritional issue. With nutritional issues you would see marginal yellowing and interveinal chlorosis - depending on the nutrient causing the problem the discoloration may be white.

To cover our bases on the nutritional issue - have you checked the pH and EC of the soil? How do the roots look?

Thanks for getting back to us.
 
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There does not appear to be a current soil problem with a PH of 6.2 to 6.4 and Total Disolved Salts of 1072 to 1252.
The Plants were just transplanted, from 3 sources. The plants are being grown in Florida, under saran.
 
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Are the root systems healthy? Even if the pH and EC are within acceptable levels if the roots are damaged from over-watering, poor drainage, root diseases, or root damaging insects nutrient uptake will be compromised resulting in deficiency symptoms. Again, a picture of the symptoms or a better description of what you are seeing would help us getting a better understanding of your situation.

If the plants are grown under saran and you don't think air pollution is a possibility you can also think about water pollutants. Typically damage from somthing in the water results in marginal burn and yellowing, not the white growth you are describing. Just throwing some other things out there for you to think about.......
 
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