MicroNutrients for Soil and Foliar Applications
Alpine Plant Foods carries a full line of micronutrients for soil and foliar applications.
Why use ALPINE micronutrients?
Even though micronutrients are required in minute quantities, they are essential for healthy plant growth & profitable crop production.
ALPINE micronutrients provide an economical source for correcting nutrient deficiencies & improving plant health.
ALPINE micronutrients are fully chelated & can be used in both foliar & soil applied applications.
What is a Chelate?
A chelate is a complex organic molecule that surrounds the nutrient ion. Chelates are used as carriers for micronutrients, to keep them in solution & protect them from reactions that cause the micronutrient to become insoluble & unavailable to the plant.
Zinc (ZN 9%)
Zinc is necessary for starch formation & proper root development. It is also essential for seed formation & maturity. The most common nutrient deficiencies include interveinal chlorosis on older leaves with shortening of the intermodal area. This shortening often leaves a short compressed plant w/a rosetted appearance.
Manganese (Mn 6%)
Manganese is essential to plants but too much is toxic. Manganese functions in chlorophyll development & serves as a catalyst in several enzyme systems in the oxidation-reduction process. Manganese deficiencies are very similar to iron deficiencies & appears in the younger leaves of the plant first. Colour may be pale between the veins of broadleaf plants.
Copper (Cu 7.5%)
Copper is important as a co-enzyme. It is needed to activate several plant enzymes, including building & converting amino acids to proteins. Since Copper is an immobile nutrient, deficiency symptoms usually occur on new growth. Copper deficient plants will become chlorotic & take on a bleached appearance. New growth may die.
Iron (Fe 4.5%)
Iron functions as a catalyst in several processes within the plant. It plays a vital role in the formation of chlorophyll & also functions in the respiratory enzymes. Iron serves in the transportation of energy in the plant. Iron is also an immobile nutrient & nutrient deficiencies are usually noticed first in the young leaves. They will first exhibit interveinal chlorosis which will spread over the entire leaf & turn the leaf white. New growth will cease & the leaves will die.
Boron (B10% non-chelated)
Boron is vital to the growth & development of the plant. Without adequate Boron, new growth ceases. It is necessary in the pollination & seed production stages. Boron is essential for maintaining a balance between sugars & starches. A small amount of Boron is beneficial to plants but too much can be toxic to plants.
Why use ALPINE micronutrients?
Even though micronutrients are required in minute quantities, they are essential for healthy plant growth & profitable crop production.
ALPINE micronutrients provide an economical source for correcting nutrient deficiencies & improving plant health.
ALPINE micronutrients are fully chelated & can be used in both foliar & soil applied applications.
What is a Chelate?
A chelate is a complex organic molecule that surrounds the nutrient ion. Chelates are used as carriers for micronutrients, to keep them in solution & protect them from reactions that cause the micronutrient to become insoluble & unavailable to the plant.
Zinc (ZN 9%)
Zinc is necessary for starch formation & proper root development. It is also essential for seed formation & maturity. The most common nutrient deficiencies include interveinal chlorosis on older leaves with shortening of the intermodal area. This shortening often leaves a short compressed plant w/a rosetted appearance.
Manganese (Mn 6%)
Manganese is essential to plants but too much is toxic. Manganese functions in chlorophyll development & serves as a catalyst in several enzyme systems in the oxidation-reduction process. Manganese deficiencies are very similar to iron deficiencies & appears in the younger leaves of the plant first. Colour may be pale between the veins of broadleaf plants.
Copper (Cu 7.5%)
Copper is important as a co-enzyme. It is needed to activate several plant enzymes, including building & converting amino acids to proteins. Since Copper is an immobile nutrient, deficiency symptoms usually occur on new growth. Copper deficient plants will become chlorotic & take on a bleached appearance. New growth may die.
Iron (Fe 4.5%)
Iron functions as a catalyst in several processes within the plant. It plays a vital role in the formation of chlorophyll & also functions in the respiratory enzymes. Iron serves in the transportation of energy in the plant. Iron is also an immobile nutrient & nutrient deficiencies are usually noticed first in the young leaves. They will first exhibit interveinal chlorosis which will spread over the entire leaf & turn the leaf white. New growth will cease & the leaves will die.
Boron (B10% non-chelated)
Boron is vital to the growth & development of the plant. Without adequate Boron, new growth ceases. It is necessary in the pollination & seed production stages. Boron is essential for maintaining a balance between sugars & starches. A small amount of Boron is beneficial to plants but too much can be toxic to plants.