1 / 20

Supplying Nutrients to Floriculture Crops

Supplying Nutrients to Floriculture Crops. Interest Approach. What do vitamins do for you? What do you feel like when your sick? What are essential elements in fertilizer? What do they do for the plant? What does a plant look like when it’s deficient in this nutrient?. Vitamins: C – health

ortizt
Download Presentation

Supplying Nutrients to Floriculture Crops

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Supplying Nutrients toFloriculture Crops

  2. Interest Approach • What do vitamins do for you? • What do you feel like when your sick? • What are essential elements in fertilizer? • What do they do for the plant? • What does a plant look like when it’s deficient in this nutrient?

  3. Vitamins: C – health D – strength A – eyesight Calcium-bones Iron-blood Elements N – growth P – blossoms Ca – cell strength K - roots Interest Approach

  4. Student ObjectivesAfter this lesson you CAN 1. Name the nutrients needed for plant growth. 2. Describe pH and how it is modified. 3. Describe the components of a fertilizer. 4. Explain the methods of applying fertilizers to floriculture crops.

  5. Primary macros nitrogen (N) phosphorus (P) potassium (K) Secondary macros calcium (Ca) magnesium (Mg) sulfur (S). Macronutrients - elements that are needed by the plant in the largest amount.

  6. Boron (B) Copper(Cu) Chlorine (Cl) Iron (Fe) Manganese (Mn) Molybdenum (Mo) Zinc (Zn) Micronutrients -Needed in Smaller Amounts by the Plants, but Are Still Essential

  7. Soil Tests • can be performed on the soil to determine which nutrients are present or deficient (absent or lacking). • Are only as accurate as the test – you get what you pay for • Can confirm nutrient deficiency shown by plant leaves.

  8. Chlorosis Generally begins in older leaves Symptoms include poor plant growth, and leaves that are pale green or yellow because they are unable to make sufficient chlorophyll. Nitrogen

  9. Undersides of tomato plant leaves, and the veins and stems, may turn purple often overlooked or misdiagnosed as a nitrogen deficiency weak thin stalks may cause the plant to stop producing blooms Phosphorous

  10. brown scorching and curling of leaf tips as well as chlorosis(yellowing) between leaf veins Purple spots may also appear on the leaf undersides Potassium

  11. Fertilizer • Material provided to supply nutrients needed for plant growth. • 2 types of fertilizer • Complete – contains the 3 Primary Macros • Incomplete – missing 1 or more Primaries • Fertilizer analysisstates the percentage of primary nutrients.

  12. 16 – 4 – 8 • 16 % N • 4 % P2O5 • 8 % K2O • Equals 28%??? Where is the rest?!? • Salts and other fillers make up the remaining 72%

  13. Fertilizer • Available in three phases • Liquid, solid, gas (rarely used in floriculture) • Applied by several methods • Premixed into soil. • Sprayed onto foliage. • Injected into irrigation water. • Slow release – dissolves over extended period of time.

  14. Organic vs. Inorganic • First off, what does this mean?? • Organic is naturally occurring • Inorganic is man made or produced • CLIP

  15. Review

  16. What are the nutrients needed for plant growth? • Name the 3 primary macronutrients. • NPK • Name the 3 secondary macronutrients. • Ca • S • Mg • The micronutrients? • Fe., Cu B, Zn, Cl, Mo, MN

  17. What is pH and how is it modified? • Define pH. • Measure of acidity / alkalinity • potential of Hydrogen • Add limestone to _________ pH? • Add sulfur to ___________pH?

  18. What are the components of a fertilizer? • Incomplete vs. complete? • Complete has the 3 primary macros • Incomplete is missing some primaries • What is fertilizer analysis?

  19. How are fertilizers applied to floriculture crops? • List the 3 phases of fertilizers. • Liquid, solid, gas • List the application methods. • Irrigation injection • Slow release • Premix into soil • Spray onto foliage

More Related