Test the Soil for Plants

Current knowledge about plant organisms possible to ensure that almost all of them are composed solely of three main elements, which are C, H and O. Plants get both carbon and oxygen directly from the air by photosynthesis while hydrogen comes directly or indirectly from soil water. Plants, however, are unable to live alone based air and water, requiring chemical elements; usually they are provided at the expense of soil minerals. Interestingly, these elements that plants get off the ground are those commonly limiting crop developments with best gardening tools. The growth of plants, except in exceptional circumstances, such as drought, low temperatures, abnormal soil or disease, is not seriously altered by a deficiency of C, H and O. This justifies the importance of soil nutrients and elements that contain. In view of that, the Xiaomi flower plant tester is very useful.

Many factors would make a difference to absorption of nutrients. These factors include the following:

1. Soil texture

Fine textured soils have a greater external surface, so that agents that alter their structure have a greater chance of action: 1 g of colloidal clay has an outer surface 1,000 times greater than that presented by the same amount of coarse sand.

2. PH

For example, iron in basic medium results in an insoluble hydroxide. At other times volatile compounds, which are lost as they escape into the atmosphere, occur; as in the case of ammonium fertilizers, in basic soils produce ammonia, part of which is lost to the atmosphere when the fertilizer contribution is made in the soil surface. And we are able to test the pH with some specific tools, like the digital pH tester.

3. Interactions between ions

Sometimes interactions between two ions which hinder or facilitate the absorption of one occur. antagonism occurs when one of the ions tend to inhibit the absorption of other, especially when the concentration of one of them. This is the case, for example, potassium-magnesium antagonism, where the highest concentration of potassium results in poor absorption of magnesium. Synergism occurs when one of the ions enhances the absorption of another, as occurs, for example, nitrogen and potassium.

4. Climate

The factors that most influence the absorption are temperature and humidity. As the temperature increases the absorption is increased due to increased biochemical activity, to reach an optimal level above which progressively decreases until standstill. At low temperatures otherwise it is hampered because the biochemical activity and a decrease in solubility occurs in the soil occurs. Similarly, it happens that with increasing moisture increase occurs in nutrient absorption.