Eight of the essential plant nutrients are called micronutriens. Any one of them can limit growth. Even though micronutrients are used by plants in very small amounts, they are just as essential for plant growth as the larger amounts of primary and secondary nutrients. Like other essential nutrients, they must be supplied when needed to obtain maximum economic yields, but are unnecessary if the plant already has sufficient supply of the nutrient. 

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An excess of one nutrient can cause reduced uptake of another. An excess of potassium, for example, may compete with desirable levels of magnesium uptake. In fields with marginal or low zinc levels, a heavy application of phosphorus may induce a zinc deficiency in soil. Excess iron may cause a manganese deficiency, so the proper ratio of manganese to iron must be maintained. The proper combination of micronutrients in the soil is an often overlooked management objective.

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Micronutrients are naturally concentrated in the soil's organic matter. Micronutrient deficiencies are also associated with cool, wet times of the year such as during the early part of the growing season. This is primarily due to slow root growth and development, lack of aeration due to wet soils, and low microbiological activity due to less toil pH and relative amounts of micronutrients in soils are important factors in the availability of micronutriens. In many situations a deficiency of certain micronutrients is the factor responsible for ineffective utilization of the primary and secondary nutrient supplied in fertilizer programs. 

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AgroLiquid’s secondary nutrients and micronutrient products can be economically added to your planter-time fertilizer program to prevent yield robbing deficiencies. Accurate soil testing is a great preventative tool. But, if in season deficiencies are discovered our micros can also effectively be foliar applied .  Justus von Liebig propounded the “Law of the Minimum”. It states that if one of the nutritive elements is deficient or lacking, plant growth will be poor even when all other elements are abundant. A crop will only produce to the potential of the least usable nutrient.

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Proper Rate, Proper Placement, Proper Ratio- critical to maximum return on your micronutrient investment.