Soils and Fertilizers 1

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Across
  1. 1. when plants respond to day length
  2. 4. leaves are purple when this nutrient is deficient
  3. 6. one of the secodary nutrients
  4. 7. Miami County has a lot of this in the soil
  5. 9. water that is available to plant roots.
  6. 12. white,crunchy volcanic rock in potting media
  7. 15. the amount of N P K in a fertilizer.
  8. 18. plant nutrient necessary fot chlorophyll production
Down
  1. 2. dead decayed plants and animals in the soil, _______ matter
  2. 3. another name for the macro nutrients
  3. 4. movement of air and water through the soil
  4. 5. brown shredded material, holds on to water, _________ peat moss
  5. 8. soil that has equal parts sand, silt, clay
  6. 10. added to soils to reduce acidity
  7. 11. how a soil feels
  8. 13. when nitrogen is deficient plants turn this color
  9. 14. these are a problem in potted plants- soluble _____
  10. 16. the largest soil particle
  11. 17. one of the micronutrients