Plant Nutrient

“Plants need nutrients for the same reasons that animals need them. They need them to germinate, grow, fight off diseases and pests and to reproduce.

Like animals, nutrients are needed in larger & smaller amounts for the plant to stay healthy.

There are 13 mineral nutrients, which come from the soil, are dissolved in water and absorbed through a plant’s roots. There are not always enough of these nutrients in the soil for a plant to grow healthy. This is why many farmers use fertilizers to add the nutrients to the soil. The mineral nutrients are divided into two groups:
macronutrients and micronutrients.”