Plant Nutrients

What does a Nitrogen deficiency look like?

• Tip and center veins become yellow.

• The stem turns yellow.

• Yellow spots appear under the leaf.

• The whole leaf turns yellow.

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What does a Calcium deficiency look like?

• The entire leaf turns yellow.

• The leaves fall off easily.

• The leaves become small & wrinkled.

• The leaves have yellow spots on them.

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What does a Zinc deficiency look like?

• Leaves seem faded, showing light discoloration between the veins.

• The stem turns bright yellow.

• The leaves are dark around the edges.

• The leaves are yellow in the center.

Nitrogen helps make plants look

• Green

• Yellow

• Short

• Dried out

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Phosphorus helps ( ) and ( ) grow.

• Vines and stems

• Roots and flowers

• Flowers only

• Stems only

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Plant fertilizers generally include these three elements:

• Nitrogen (N)

• Iron (Fe)

• Phosphorus (P)

• Potassium (K)

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A lot of fertilizer is always better for plants:

• True

• False

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What is this medium?

• Vermiculite

• Perlite

• Peat Moss

• Lime

Plants can get their nutrients from?

• Source water

• air

• soil

• All of the suggestions

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Which nutrient is primarily responsible for the green color in plants?

• Nitrogen

• Phosphorus

• Potassium

• Calcium

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