African Violets and Gesneriads: Why fertilizer buildup, 0 by gessieviolet

gessieviolet wrote:
While grooming plants this afternoon I noticed something unusual (at least to me). I do not constant feed or wick, I really do not fertilize on a regular basis, yet a couple of my optimara plants have what I consider a salt build up on the base of the leaf stalk. It looks like brown rust.

They are potted in MG enriched mix (straight from the bag).

How can I rescue these plants? What would cause such a build up?

These plants are blooming but I am contemplating re-potting, adding from 1/4 to 1/3 perlite in mix as I was thinking of beginning a wicking program.

Any help appreciated. Opps wrong photo

This message was edited Jun 29, 2010 3:38 PM

This message was edited Jun 29, 2010 3:38 PM