cybersix said:
do you still see interveinal chlorosis?
It's hard to say because the sun shining through leaves can create the same effect in a picture. Can you break off a leaf and put it on a sheet of white paper then take a picture? Alternatively, does it still look like this to you?
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_d...
cybersix said:
Now, with a soil PH 6.5 - 7, the whole thing is getting more confusing for me.
It is quite possible to get interveinal chlorosis in that pH range. I used to see it a lot here where the pH is around 6.8. It depends on various other factors. In my case, as in the one in the AHS picture above, it was manganese deficiency rather than iron but the symptoms would be more or less the same. I don't see it as much now and I'm not sure whether it's because I moved the daylilies to a new place in the garden some years ago, whether it is because I haven't amended the current bed with manure, the root system is more extensive now, or whether the plants themselves have acidified the immediate area around their roots (which is something plants can do) I don't know.
I went around my garden just now to see if any central leaves were flopping over but I didn't really see any except the picture below. I see it far more often in spring, perhaps the growth is "softer" then. I've always been curious about it, but it even happened in a potted daylily indoors this past winter as I may have mentioned. Eventually they straightened up on their own, which is what has always happened outdoors too. Other people have told me they see the middle leaves flopped over too so it doesn't seem to be unusual. As long as the other leaves in the fan are upright and turgid, which yours appear to be, I wouldn't be too concerned. If you see any of the rest of the leaves start to get soft then there may be a problem (unless it is leaf die-back due to the season - not sure how daylilies would behave where you are).
When I said could you see new growth inside the flopped ones I meant if you separate those flopped leaves by pulling them apart can you see anything emerging down inside?
