Thank you for your input.
I do not know what you mean when you say nutrient? Are you referring to
essential elements? A tree cannot absorb a nutrient, rather they absorb
elements. Not nutrients. Elements are single groups of atoms of the same
kind such as calcium and nitrogen. Nutrients are substances that contain
the essentials for life, in the best amounts. Nutrients contain an energy
source, elements, vitamins, and other essentials for life. PLANTS CANNOT
ABSORB NUTRIENTS. Saying you feed plants with plant food, calling
fertilizers food, and saying that plants absorb nutrients indicate an
absolute ignorance of photosynthesis!! Elements are single groups of atoms
of the same kind such as calcium and nitrogen.
A nutrient is a substance that contains an element with an energy source and
an element without. Nitrogen is NOT a nutrient for chlorophyll containing
trees. A substance that is very high in elements and energy it is called a
nutrient. To make this clear, please allow me to share this with you.
Essential elements. Look at your chart of Atomic Properties of elements.
(Not the Atomic Properties of nutrients) That's where you will find your
elements.
If you look on page 373 in Merriam-Webster's CollegiateŽ Dictionary, Tenth
Edition you will find a list of Chemical Elements as well as symbols, atomic
numbers and atomic weight.
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Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Tree Biologist
www.treedictionary.com
and
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
Watch out for so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, tornado's, volcanic eruptions and other
abiotic forces keep reminding humans that they are not the boss.
"Mycosimian" wrote in message
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my understanding is that, even plants suffering from a severe
deficiency of one or more, so called, "minor" micro-nutrients will be
able to survive for quite some time and may even be productive for
human purposes, but will never reach its full potential, where a plant
which is deficient in any of the macro-nutrients won't be able to
survive for long.
does this make any sense?