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King City, Mo | I'll stand by my previous post with the hi cal lime. Borax, mn sulfate, and zinc sulfate.
Here's a chart where I have taken data form several sources and compiled it. Hopefully it posts right comining from an excel file copied on my phone.
Element
Form used by plant
% by fresh weight of plant
Carbon
CO3--, HCO3- , CO2
45
Plants takes in Carbon dioxide from the air and the roots extrude it into the soil. The carbon dioxide will bond with hydrogen to form Carbonic acid which can exchange nutrients from the clay to make nutrients available for crop nurishment.
Hydrogen H+ (water) 8
Oxygen H2O, other oxides 41 Plants need water for: respiration & photosynthesis, transport of sugars and transpiration/ cooling of plants.
MACRONUTRIENTS
Nitrogen
ammonium (NH4) ions, or as nitrate (NO3) ions
2
Nitrogen is a necessary part of all proteins, enzymes and metabolic processes involved in the synthesis and transfer of energy. Nitrogen is a part of chlorophyll, the green pigment of the plant that is responsible for photosynthesis. Helps plants with rapid growth, increasing seed and fruit production and improving the quality of leaf and forage crops.
Phosphorus HPO4--, H2PO4- 0.4
Phosphorus is an essential part of the process of photosynthesis.
Involved in the formation of all oils, sugars, starches, etc.Helps with the transformation of solar energy into chemical energy; proper plant maturation; withstanding stress.
Effects rapid growth.
Encourages blooming and root growth.
Potassium K+ 1.1
Potassium is an essential element involved in maintaining the water status of the plant and the turgor pressure of its cells and the opening and closing of its stomata. Potassium is required in the accumulation and transolcation of newly rmed carboydrates.
Helps in the building of protein, photosynthesis, fruit quality and reduction of diseases.
Calcium Ca++ 0.6
Calcium, an essential part of plant cell wall structure, provides for normal transport and retention of other elements as well as strength in the plant. Calcium enhances pollen germination and growth and activates a number of enzymes for cell mintosis, divison, and elongation.
Magnesium Mg++ 0.3
Magnesium is part of the chlorophyll in all green plants and essential for photosynthesis. It also helps activate many plant enzymes needed for growth.
Sulfur SO3--, SO4-- 0.5
Essential plant food for production of protein.
Promotes activity and development of enzymes and vitamins.
Helps in chlorophyll formation.
Improves root growth and seed production.
Helps with vigorous plant growth and resistance to cold.
MICRONUTRIENTS
Iron Fe Fe++, Fe+++ 0.02 Iron is essential for the synthesis of chlorophyll.
Manganese Mn Mn++, Mn+++ 0.05
Manganese may substitute for Mg by activating certain phosphate-transferring enzymes. Deficiency of Manganese can cause reduced growth and flower formation on soybeans. The assimilation of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis. It aids in the synthesis of chlorophyll and in nitrate assimilation and it functions in electron transport during photosynthesis.
Copper Cu Cu+, Cu++ 0.001
It functions as a catalyst in photosynthesis and respiration.
It is a constituent of several enzyme systems involved in building and converting amino acids to proteins.
Copper is important in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
It is important to the formation of lignin in plant cell walls which contributes to the structural strength of the cells, and the plant.
Copper also affects the flavor, the storageability, and the sugar content of fruits.
Zinc Zn Zn++ 0.01
Production of Auxins, an essential growth hormone.
It activates enzymes in protein synthesis, plus is involved in the regulation and consumption of sugars
It is necessary for starch formation and proper root development.
Zinc influences the rate of seed and stalk maturation.
It is necessary for the formation of chlorophyll and carbohydrates.
The presence of adequate amounts in the tissue enables the plant to withstand lower air temperatures.
Molybdenum Mo MoO4-- 0.0001
It functions in converting nitrates (NO3 ) into amino acids within the plant.
It is essential to the symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria in legumes.
It is essential to the conversion of inorganic P into organic forms in the plant.
Boron B BO3--- 0.005
Maintaining a balance between sugar and starch.
The translocation of sugar and carbohydrates.
It is important in pollination and seed reproduction.
It is necessary for normal cell division, nitrogen metabolism, and protein formation.
It is essential for proper cell wall formation.
It plays an important role in the proper function of cell membranes and the transport of K to guard cells for the proper control of internal water balance.
Chlorine Cl Cl- <0.0001
It is essential (working in tandem with K+) to the proper function of the plants stomatal openings, thus controlling internal water balance. It also functions in photosynthesis, specifically the water splitting system.
It functions in cation balance and transport within the plant.
Research has demonstrated that Cl diminishes the effects of fungal infections in an, as yet undefined, way.
It is speculated that Cl competes with nitrate uptake tending to promote the use of ammonium N. This may be a factor in its role in disease suppression, since high plant nitrates have been associated with disease severity. | |
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