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What Do My Plants Need?

Macro & Micro-nutrients


The primary macro-nutrients in plant food are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (N, P, K). 

Nitrogen is largely responsible for the growth of leaves and stems on plants. 

Phosphorus is largely responsible for root growth, flower and fruit development. 

Potassium helps the overall function of plants perform correctly. 

Magnesium is part of the chlorophyll in all green plants and essential for photosynthesis. It also helps activate many plant enzymes needed for growth.

Calcium is crucial for many cellular functions in plants, as well as for fruit and flower formation. 

Sulfur is typically in very low amounts and helps plants form important enzymes and assist in the formation of plant proteins.



Micro-nutrients help fight plant diseases. These micro-nutrient elements are only needed in small amounts compared to Macro-nutrients but are essential for optimum plant growth and vitality. These micro-nutrients include iron, magnesium, copper, manganese, zinc, boron, and molybdenum.

Iron is essential for formation of chlorophyll. Without it, there will be yellowing in all but the veins of the leaf.

Manganese functions with enzyme systems involved in breakdown of carbohydrates and nitrogen metabolism.

Copper is important for reproductive growth. Symptoms of copper deficiency include browning of leaf tips.

Boron
 aids production of sugar and carbohydrates and development of seed and fruit. Deficiency symptoms include bud dieback and smaller new leaves.

Molybdenum is essential in helping the plants use of nitrogen.

Zinc
 is essential for the transformation of carbohydrates, regulates consumption of sugars and is part of the enzyme system that regulates plant growth.


As temperatures rise in the spring, buds at the tips of plant branches begin to need nutrients. As a result, the roots elongate, searching the soil for nutrients. If the soil is poor, the roots only collect a small amount of what is needed. But if the soil is rich, moist and well drained, the plants will grow and prosper all season.

A controlled release fertilizer like Dynamite Plant Food can provide the nutrition that poor soils lack. Work Dynamite into the soil when planting or sprinkle it onto the soil surface in the spring. Rain and irrigation carry the fertilizer to the roots throughout the growing season until the plant goes dormant in the winter.

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