Transcript Adding nutrients to soil PPT

How can you correct nutrient
deficiency?
2032
Adam Nash
What is fertilizer?
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Any material added to the soil to
provide nutrients that will increase
growth, yield, or nutritional value of the
plants.
Fertilizer Classifications
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Inorganic
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Natural Organic
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Synthetic Organic
Inorganic Fertilizer
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Non-living sources
(minerals/rocks)
Chemically made
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Inorganic Fertilizer
Characteristics:
 Nutrients in soluble form
and quickly made available to plants
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Should not come in contact with roots
or foliage for long time period
Natural Organic
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From plant/animal material
Characteristics:
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N usually predominant
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Nutrients are only made available to
the plants as the materials decay in soil,
so SLOW ACTING & LONG LASTING
Natural Organic
Examples:
 Animal manure
 Cottonseed meal
 Soybean meal
 Dried blood
 Dried ground/sewage sludge
 Bone meal
Manure
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Cottonseed meal
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Soybean Meal
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Blood Mean
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Dried Sewage Sludge
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Bone Meal
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Synthetic Organic Fertilizer
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Made from carbon based materials