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c- Carbon
h - Hydrogen
o - oxygen |
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| Living Plants are composed of an average of 80% water |
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- Promotes growth of leaves/stems
-Green Color and improves Foliage
-Needed to make proteins and chlorophyll |
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| Nitrogen Deficiency symptoms |
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-Young leaves will uniformly become pale-green or greenish- yellowish
-old leaves inter-veinal chlorosis, only veins remain green, leaves soon shed
-slow and dwarfed plant growth |
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-stimulates formation/ growth of roots
-fast/ vigorous growth and speeds maturity
-stimulates flowering and seed development |
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| Phosphorus Deficiency symptoms |
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-Decrease in growth
-slow maturity
-older leaves are purple-ish |
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-Used to make Carbohydrates/proteins
-Needed to make starches, sugars, and oils
-Increases ; :Disease Resistance : Plant Vigor : winter hardiness |
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| Potassium Deficiency Symptoms |
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-Leaf Tips turn Yellow/ brown spreading along the margin
-plants are stunted |
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Two ways to classify Nitrogen Fertilizers:
-Water-soluble: which is quickly available
-Water-Insoluble: slowly available
-Inorganic: Quickly available
-Organic: slowly available |
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-Comes from plant or animal Matter and contains carbon compounds
-Examples: Urea, sludge, and animal sewage |
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-slow release of nutrients
-not easily leached from the soil
-adds organic matter to the soil |
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-Hard to get
-Not Sterile
-Low Nutrient content
-expensive |
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-most available organic fertilizer
-activated sewage sludge |
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-No carbon
-From sources other than animals or plants
-manufactured in Factories
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-Can make the desired Ratio of Nutrients
-Easy to get
-Lower Cost |
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| Disadvantages of Inorganic |
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-No organic Material
-Possibility of Fertilizer build up in Plant Media |
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| Inorganic Nitrogen Fertilizers |
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| -All inorganic fertilizers are quick release |
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