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I ANALYSIS Active II C:hemieal Soil Constituents Amounts of easily soluble soil cdnstituents: considered as immediately available to plants i Percentagos; below re resent DEFICIENCIES Poor Low Mediumi Medium High Remarks Hi h p H )( Nitrotes(N) i Phosphorus(P) }( Potassium(K) ` \ 4-eneral Recommendations: i I P p your soil a I justed to the proper pH, or growing zone, then see that the plants have ALL The important factor is to keep � of the plant nutrients they need to assure aximum growth. The importance of the secondary and mino elements cannot be overemphasized; plants need them badly as they need the primary elements, nitrogen, phosphorus end potash. That they are being, or have been, depleted from the soils is evi• denced by the fact that they are being given to animals in salt blocks or feed supplements; being added to vitamin pills or in tonics; added to bread and milk, i FUNCTION OF PLANT FOODS What hat Is pH? IKON is directly connected with the functioning of chlorophyll. The pH scale is a chemist's yardstick used to measure the acidity A lack of iron contributes to chlorosis which causes a yellow, or alkalinity of soil. It is your plant food thermometer, A pH above 7 unhealthy appearance, ---- is alkaline; below 7 is acid. SULFUR is a most important element of the plant, It is utilized Plants can absorb food from the soil only in liquid form, At certain In the development of the essential organic compounds—pto iclns, vitamins, etc.; has a direct bearing on water movement in points on the pH scale, plant foods go quickly into solution, while at (he plant, and on chlorophyll production. It also is an aid to other points these plant foods lock up" into soluble or inedible" forms, lowering the pH of high alkali soils, _ doing no good whatever. These "locking points are: MANGANESE is considered essential to plant growth but a Alkaline Acid high concentrate is harmful, Manganese along with Iron Is e 9 main factor in eliminating Plant chlorosis. Manganese plays an Nitrogen (organic) 17,0 mportant part because of its relationship to the production of z (Soil bacteria activity decreases amino acids and proteins in the plant. _ as alkali increases) NITROGEN is the element that stimulates aboveground growth _ g Nitrogen (chemical) not affected and produces the rich green characteristic of the plant, The util• Sys < by pH Izaiion of Potash, Phosphorus and other nutrients is stimulated *Phosphorus ... 8.3 6 0 by the presence of Nitrogen, W p """"""""""""' 07.0 °Potash ............................................8.0 5.0 PHOSPHORUS is necessary for the hardy growth of the plant z *Calcium (Lime) 8.3 5 0 and activity of the cells. It encourages root development and 43/4 hastens the maturity of the plant. By stimulating rapid cell Iron ............................................ 7A development in plants, Phosphorus naturally Increases msistance z Manganese ................................ 7.4 4,6 to disease, d .— d "Sulphur ..................................... 8.0 5,0 POTASSIUM is the element that imparts increased vigor and g Aluminum ................................ 8,0 5.0 disease resistance to plants; produces strong, stiff stalks; increases (Highly poisonous above 8 pH) plumpness of the grain and seed. It is essential to the formation 5,/4 5 Copper ...................................... 7.3 4.5 and transfer of starches, sugars and oils, It imparts winter hardl• — oZinc 7,4 4,5 ness to shrubs, trees and lawns, CALCIUM is the element which promotes early root formation a'h Boron 7.4 4.5 Molybdenum ....,.. 8,2 S S and influences the intake of other plant foods, It neutralizes poisons produced in the plants and encourages bacterial action. , 4 These are not completely "locked up" but are MAGNESIUM is a working companion of phosphorus and made much less available by the "fixing" power stimulates the assimilation of phosphorus by the plant. It Is essen• of alkaline soils, teal In the formation of chlorophyll, thereby contributinjF largely