Macronutrients Essential for Plants
[2023-04-23 10:23:01]
Like animals, plants need some nutrients to survive in prosperous growth. So far, researchers have identified 16 nutrients essential for plant life (some sources identified 17, but I claim a more conservative basis). These nutrients are largely divided into two groups of nine major nutrients and seven micronutrients. Large amounts of nutrients require large amounts of nutrients, micronutrients usually require micronutrients (although it is still necessary).
The first three carbons, hydrogen and oxygen, are called structure elements and exist in the atmosphere and the growth environment.
The next three are sometimes called "fertilizer elements". Because they are the familiar NPK identified by fertilizer labels. The NPK evaluation of fertilizer shows how much fertilizer is calculated from the quantities of these three elements. For example, 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer contains 10 vol% nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. Although each of these fertilizers has multiple effects, nitrogen generally promotes strong growth of leaves, phosphorus promotes flowering and germination, potassium promotes root growth.
The following two major nutrients, calcium and magnesium, are essential for the plant's many cell functions and the formation of fruits and flowers. Dolomite lime is a good method, but please be careful that they are not always present in fertilizer mixtures and soil. If you are planting indoor plants, make sure that your fertilizer is intact and has both calcium and magnesium.
The final macronutrient sulfur is usually not included in the "important" key element list, as it is very common. In most fertilizers, other nutrients are provided in the form of sulfate, which automatically contains sulfur. Therefore, sulfur deficiency is very rare and there is debate (apparently within reasonable limits) as to whether many plants have even the upper limit of sulfur.
So ... what is the last sentence? Whether planting indoor plants, whether balanced fertilizers or a combination of fertilizer and soil improvement, you need to feed your plants and provide each of the five important elements.
The basic elements are divided into macronutrients and micronutrients. Plants need a lot of nutrients called macronutrients. Approximately half of essential elements are considered to be major nutrients, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur. The first major nutrient carbon (C) needs to form carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and many other compounds; therefore, it is present in all macromolecules. On average, the dry weight of cells (excluding water) is 50% carbon and is an important part of plant biomolecules.
Three elements, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen are essential for plant growth and are supplied from air and water. Other essential ingredients, called phytonutrients, are supplied from the soil or added as fertilizer and enter the plant almost completely through the roots. These phytonutrients are divided into two groups. What is necessary for many plants is called macronutrients; these are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur. Micronutrients required for plant micronutrients include iron, chlorine, zinc, molybdenum, boron, manganese, copper, sodium and cobalt. Large amounts of nutrients and micronutrients are essential for normal plant growth and development; they only require different amounts