What kind of fertilizer is eucalyptus-specific fertilizer? Explained clearly in one article
What is eucalyptus-specific fertilizer? An introduction to the differences. Eucalyptus-specific fertilizer, or eucalyptus fertilizer for short, is mainly designed for the rapid growth of eucalyptus, the fast nutrient cycling within the stand, and the high demand for soil nutrients, and is further formulated based on the fact that soils in southern China commonly lack trace elements such as boron and zinc. The difference between eucalyptus fertilizer and ordinary compound fertilizer lies in...
What is eucalyptus-specific fertilizer? An introduction to the differencesEucalyptus-specific fertilizer, or eucalyptus fertilizer for short, is mainly designed for the rapid growth of eucalyptus, the fast nutrient cycling within the stand, and the high demand for soil nutrients, and is further formulated based on the fact that soils in southern China commonly lack trace elements such as boron and zinc. The difference between eucalyptus fertilizer and ordinary compound fertilizer is that eucalyptus fertilizer, on the basis of the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in ordinary compound fertilizer, adds trace elements of boron, zinc and copper required for eucalyptus growth in proportion; generally, eucalyptus fertilizer with added trace elements of boron, zinc and copper costs 50 yuan/ton more than compound fertilizer with the same amount of nutrients.
The role of boron in plants:
1. Boron is a constituent of all parts of the plant body and affects cell membrane formation.
2. Boron participates in the cell differentiation process of meristematic tissues. When boron is deficient, cell division is poor and growing points necrose within a few days.
3. Boron promotes the transformation and transport of carbohydrates, speeds up plant growth and development, and promotes early maturity.
4. Boron has a good effect on the formation and stability of chlorophyll; when boron is deficient, new leaves become albino and old leaves turn yellow early.
5. Boron can inhibit the biosynthesis of harmful phenolic compounds and lignin, preventing brown rot of the terminal bud and heart rot.
6. Boron plays an important role in the formation and development of plant reproductive organs, promotes pollen germination, stimulates pollen tube elongation, has a particular effect on plant fertilization, is conducive to seed formation, and reduces flower and fruit drop.
7. Boron can increase plant stress resistance. It can enhance the drought resistance and disease resistance of crops; boron has a role in controlling water within the crop body and enhances the ability of colloids to bind water; applying boron can promote the formation of vitamin C, and the increase in vitamin C can improve crop stress resistance.
Situations that occur when eucalyptus is deficient in boron:
1. Light red spots appear on the leaves, until a large number of entire leaves turn purple-red, and the leaves become thick and curl inward;
2. The shoot tips are weak, turn brown and even wither and die, and are brittle and easy to tear;
3. Axillary buds sprout and produce new branches, which are weak and bend downward, and then repeat the above symptoms; in severe cases, the whole branch takes on a multi-headed clumping shrub form.
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