The Effect of Fertilizers and Soil Types on the Mineral Composition of Vegetables

Abstract

That complete fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, when used in the usual amounts necessary for optimum crop production exert very little influence on the composition of the crops grown with them. Heavy applications of fertilizer will nullify any effects which soil types may have on the composition of the crop. Florida grown vegetables are as high in minerals, including copper and manganese, as vegetables produced in other sections of the country; in some cases their mineral content is higher than that of vegetables from elsewhere.