1. How can you correct nutrient deficiency? 2032 Adam Nash

2. What is fertilizer? Any material added to the soil to provide nutrients that will increase growth, yield, or nutritional value of the plants.

3. Fertilizer Classifications Inorganic Natural Organic Synthetic Organic

4. Inorganic Fertilizer Non-living sources (minerals/rocks) Chemically made http://www.harmonyproducts.com/images/553_2.gif

5. Inorganic Fertilizer Characteristics: Nutrients in soluble form and quickly made available to plants Should not come in contact with roots or foliage for long time period

6. Natural Organic From plant/animal material Characteristics: N usually predominant Nutrients are only made available to the plants as the materials decay in soil, so SLOW ACTING & LONG LASTING

7. Natural Organic Examples: Animal manure Cottonseed meal Soybean meal Dried blood Dried ground/sewage sludge Bone meal

8. Manure http://www.pfpcanada.com/webpics/Fld%20Day/manure.jpg

9. Cottonseed meal http://personal.cobleskill.edu/tischda/jpgfiles/Cottonseed_meal.JPG

10. Soybean Meal http://ansci.colostate.edu/teach/newcourses/soybean.jpg

11. Blood Mean http://www.alteca.com/images/Blood%20Meal%204.JPG

12. Dried Sewage Sludge http://www.tve.org/images/janus/uploaded/HOSewage_HandfulOfShit.jpg

13. Bone Meal http://www.orchid.or.jp/orchid/people/tanaka/fertize/photo/kop.gif

14. Synthetic Organic Fertilizer Made from carbon based materials