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 PLANT NUTRITION UNPACKED Major Nutrients Have you ever asked yourself "how do plants take up nutrients when you spread fertiliser around them on the ground or dilute it into liquid ?" It's something that we gardeners do quite a lot of,  spreading fertiliser around that is, and probably don't give it a second thought until plants don't respond to all this nutrient load. What went wrong?  Firstly, the nutrients that you spread around are not directly taken up by the plants. Nutrients have to be what's called 'made available' to the plants and to do this, the soil biota or the microorganisms have to do some work. Water, soil and microbes are the three things that the plants need before plants can take these nutrients. So What Are These Nutrients? Macro Nutrients:   these are the highest rated nutrients that plants can’t do without. Nitrogen:Phosphorus:Potassium or NPK:  A selection of fertilisers Kylie's main mantra is NPK refers to shoots:roots;fruit The N component relates as Nitrogen, giving yo