Carbon (C) - How to Grow Plumeria

Tags: Fertilizer, Macronutrients

Plants take in – or ‘fix’ – carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. Some of the carbon is used for plant growth, and some of it is used in respiration, where the plant breaks down sugars to get energy.

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Glossary: Macronutrients
From a management perspective only, the primary nutrients are N, P, and K, because they are most often limiting from a crop production standpoint. All of the other essential macronutrient elements are secondary nutrients because they are rarely limiting, and more rarely added to soils as fertilizers.
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