Plant minerals

Healthy growth

Healthy roots

Healthy leaves and flowers

Making chlorophyll

Soil. Minerals dissolved in soil water absorbed into root hair cells. Transported around xylem tubes

Poor growth - older leaves yellowed

Plants will have poor root growth and younger leaves look purple

plants yellow leaves with dead patches

Plant leaves will turn yellow

Involved in making amino acids Join together to form proteins needed for cell growth to grow leaves and shoots

The chlorophyll molecule makes plants green, contains magnesium. It cant make us much chlorophyll as it needs

When crops are harvested minerals are removed from the ground. Add chemicals to the soil to replace missing minerals - fertilsers

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium