Soil Testing
Water soluble microelements:
Collected from Ilias Kokkinelis’s Farm
Collected from Ilias Kokkinelis’s Farm
- Nitrogen- 5mg/kg
- Phosphorus- 2.29 mg/kg
- Potash- 7.2 mg/kg
- Calcium- 63 mg/kg
- Magnesium- 16.6 mg/kg
Summary:
The results above show that this sample of soil is depleted of some necessary nutrients. According to the lab tests, the soil sample lacked nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash. The sample had greater amounts of calcium and magnesium.
Importance of Items Measured:
Nitrogen: Nitrogen is required by plants in the largest quantity and is most frequently the limiting factor in crop productivity. Management of nitrogen is very important, as it is easily lost throughout the soil system.
Phosphorus: Phosphorus plays an important role in plant health and growth; it encourages root development, and increases resistance to diseases. Some soil phosphorus is in a form available to plants, but much of it is tied up in the organic matter pool, or bound tightly to mineral particles.
Potash: Potash plays a major role in the regulation of water in plants and improves drought resistance. It is required in large amounts for the proper growth and reproduction of plants. In addition, potash affects the plant size, shape, color, and taste.
Calcium: Calcium is an essential plant nutrient. It protects the plant against heat stress, as well as protects them against various diseases. In addition, calcium also affects the overall quality of the fruit.
Magnesium: Magnesium has an important role in photosynthesis because it forms the central atom of chlorophyll. Without sufficient amounts of magnesium, plants begin to degrade the chlorophyll in the old leaves. This causes the main symptom of magnesium deficiency to be yellowing between leaf veins.
The results above show that this sample of soil is depleted of some necessary nutrients. According to the lab tests, the soil sample lacked nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash. The sample had greater amounts of calcium and magnesium.
Importance of Items Measured:
Nitrogen: Nitrogen is required by plants in the largest quantity and is most frequently the limiting factor in crop productivity. Management of nitrogen is very important, as it is easily lost throughout the soil system.
Phosphorus: Phosphorus plays an important role in plant health and growth; it encourages root development, and increases resistance to diseases. Some soil phosphorus is in a form available to plants, but much of it is tied up in the organic matter pool, or bound tightly to mineral particles.
Potash: Potash plays a major role in the regulation of water in plants and improves drought resistance. It is required in large amounts for the proper growth and reproduction of plants. In addition, potash affects the plant size, shape, color, and taste.
Calcium: Calcium is an essential plant nutrient. It protects the plant against heat stress, as well as protects them against various diseases. In addition, calcium also affects the overall quality of the fruit.
Magnesium: Magnesium has an important role in photosynthesis because it forms the central atom of chlorophyll. Without sufficient amounts of magnesium, plants begin to degrade the chlorophyll in the old leaves. This causes the main symptom of magnesium deficiency to be yellowing between leaf veins.