Floral Production Management--Need to Know

Disorders

Poor Soil Drainage

●Stunted Foliage

●Slight Yellow Tone along the edges of the leaf

●Pale Grey Soil Color

Overwatering

●Stunted Plant Growth

●Yellowing Leaves

●Leaf Scorch

●Water Spots & Blisters

●Crown Rot

Insufficient Water Damage

●Limp and Wilted Leaves

●Lower Leaves Curl

○Also Turn Yellow and Wilt

●Flowers Fall/Fade Quickly

●Oldest Leaves Fall First

Inadequate Lighting

●Elongated Stem with small
amount of leaves

●Depending on the plant, it
may loose color.

●In flowering plants, new
buds will be smaller than
previous ones.

●Older leaves turn yellow
and fall off quickly

●Generalized falling of
leaves

Too Much Lighting

●Leaves turn yellow or brown

●Leaves are wilting or curling up

Improper Temperature

●Wilting

●Eventual drying up and turning crunch brown

●Usually Associated with Insufficient Water

Iron Deficiency

●Fading Leaf Colors

Nitrogen Deficiency

●Yellow Leaves

●Pale Green

Phosphorus Deficiency

●Turns older leaves yellow

●Causes dead dark brown spots around edges

Salt Damage

●Orangish Spots where plant
had contact with salt

Insects &

Pests

Snails

Slug

Whiteflies

Aphids

Leaf Miner

Spider Mites

Mealy Bugs

Leafhopper

Spittle Bugs

Scale

Diseases

Powdery Mildew

Leaf Spot

Root Rot

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