Agronomy

Odd as it may sound to some plants aren’t too different from us. They need nutrients for strong, healthy growth, just like us.

Scientests have identified 17 essential nutrients required by plants: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, boron, molybdenum, chlorine and copper.

Photosynthesis is the process that converts the sun’s energy into sugars to be used as food by plants uses oxygen, carbon and hydrogen.

Primary macronutrients are the primary nutrients used by plants: (N) Nitrgen, (P) Phosphate, (K) Potassium. Because plants use huge amounts of these three the soil usually loses them first.

The secondary nutrients are calcium, magnesium and sulfur.

Small amounts of micronutrients - boron, copper, chlorine, molybdenum, zince and iron - are used by plants.

The plants abosrb these nutrients dissovled in water through their roots. Because there is usually a lack of the various nutrients fertilizers are added to the soil.