Author:
Browder Jake F.,Niemiera Alexander X.,Harris J. Roger,Wright Robert D.
Abstract
Substrates of container-grown plants are commonly preplant amended with sulfated micronutrients to supply micronutrients. However, the cause for the increased growth may be due to micronutrient addition or other factors such as S addition or substrate acidification. Container-grown pin oak (Quercus palustris Müench) and japanese maple (Acer palmatum Thunb.) seedlings were grown in a 100% pine bark substrate and amended (or not) with one of the following treatments: control (no amendment), Micromax, K2SO4, H2SO4, HCl, chelated micronutrients, elemental S, or CaSO4. After 11 weeks, dry weights of plants in all treatments supplying S were higher than plants receiving no S. Dry weights of plants in all experiments receiving the chelate treatment were not higher than dry weights for control plants. These data indicate that S, not micronutrient application, is a primary cause of increased growth from the addition of sulfated micronutrients. However, it was demonstrated that there are conditions such as higher substrate solution pH (4.1 vs. 5.4), where Micromax may prove advantageous over sulfur alone since it would supply micronutrients as well as S.
Publisher
American Society for Horticultural Science
Cited by
2 articles.
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