Recommended Plant Tissue Nutrient Levels for Some Vegetable, Fruit, and Ornamental Foliage and Flowering Plants in Hawaii

Plant Nutrient Management in Hawaii’s Soils From: Plant Nutrient Management in Hawaii’s Soils, Approaches for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture J. A. Silva and R. Uchida, eds. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, ©2000

Chapter 4

Recommended Plant Tissue Nutrient Levels for Some Vegetable, Fruit, and Ornamental Foliage and Flowering Plants in Hawaii

R. Uchida

lant tissue analysis is used as a diagnostic tool to plant tissue nutrient levels can be logged over time and Pmonitor the levels of nutrient elements necessary used as a diagnostic tool to assist in developing a fer- for plant growth. The table on the following pages gives tilizer program. If a tissue level of a nutrient is below generalized sufficiency ranges for N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, the lower end of the sufficiency range, the nutrient B, Fe, and Mn for selected crops that are commonly should be considered deficient, whereas if the level is grown in Hawaii. The information has been taken from above the upper end of the range, the nutrient can be the following sources: considered as approaching a toxic level. The midpoint of the sufficiency range is the target to aim at. As the Plant analysis handbook II. 1996. H.A. Mills and J. level approaches the lower limit, the nutrient should Benton Jones, Jr. MicroMacro Publishing, Athens, be added. As the level approaches the upper limit, ad- Georgia, USA. 422 p. ditions of the nutrient should be withheld. It is impor- Plant analysis, an interpretation manual. 1986. D.J tant to be near the midpoint for most nutrients, because Reuter and J.B. Robinson. Inkata Press, Melbourne- imbalances in the ratios of nutrients can affect crop Sydney, Australia. 218 p. growth. Adequate nutrient levels in soils and plants in Hawaii. Because environment plays a major role in nutri- 1997. Y.N. Tamimi, J.A. Silva, R.S. Yost, and N.V. ent uptake and crop development, the sufficiency ranges Hue. CTAHR publication AS-3. 2 p. given here should be considered as general guides. In addition to variation due to environmental effects, dif- The sufficiency ranges are given for plant tissues ferent crop cultivars may have different critical levels. of the crops at ages (or stages in the crop cycle) that The form reproduced on page 65 is used by the research has found appropriate for sampling. The analy- CTAHR Agricultural Diagnostic Center to obtain in- sis data can be used as a guide for attaining improved formation on plant tissue samples submitted for nutri- crop quality and yield. For long-term orchard crops, ent analysis.

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(ppm)

(%)

2.69 0.44 2.92 2.29 0.45 0.43 34 47 50

3.00Ð4.00 0.40Ð0.70 4.50Ð7.50 1.90Ð6.00 0.20Ð0.70 0.40Ð0.80 26Ð100 40Ð300 25Ð200

3.60Ð5.00 0.33Ð0.75 3.00Ð5.00 1.10Ð3.00 0.40Ð0.75 0.30Ð0.75 25Ð75 30Ð200 25Ð200

2.39Ð5.51 0.36Ð0.80 2.86Ð5.74 1.29Ð3.21 0.19Ð0.35 0.41Ð0.77 19Ð39 85Ð363 35Ð52

2.10Ð3.50 0.20Ð0.50 2.50Ð4.30 1.40Ð3.00 0.30Ð3.00 0.20Ð0.40 30Ð100 50Ð300 60Ð300

3.30Ð4.50 0.33Ð0.80 2.60Ð4.20 2.00Ð3.50 0.24Ð0.50 30Ð100 30Ð200 25Ð250 3.00Ð6.00 0.25Ð0.75 1.80Ð4.00 0.80Ð3.00 0.25Ð1.00 0.23 20Ð75 50Ð400 30Ð300 1.60Ð2.00 0.30Ð0.60 8.60Ð10.00 2.20Ð3.50 0.25Ð0.50 25Ð50 30Ð100 10Ð100

3.20Ð5.50 0.30Ð0.75 2.00Ð4.00 1.00Ð2.50 0.23Ð0.75 0.30Ð0.75 30Ð100 70Ð300 25Ð200

3.50Ð4.50 0.30Ð0.50 2.80Ð3.80 0.50Ð0.90 0.20Ð0.50 0.21Ð0.70 8Ð25 50Ð300 31Ð300

2.70Ð3.50 0.30Ð0.50 2.50Ð3.50 0.70Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.50 0.21Ð0.70 8Ð25 50Ð350 31Ð300

4.50Ð6.00 0.34Ð1.25 3.90Ð5.00 1.40Ð3.50 0.30Ð1.00 0.40Ð0.70 25Ð60 50Ð300 50Ð300

mature leaf from tip

fully developed leaf

mature leaf from tip

similar to cucumber

mature leaf from tip

egetables

Cabbage, head (2Ð3 months) wrapper leaves

Cabbage, mustard (pak-choi) Recommended plant tissue nutrient levels: sufficiency values and ranges fully expanded leaf Carrots V (mid-grown) most recently matured leaf Cauliflower, heading Cauliflower, most recently matured leaf Beans, snap 10 most recently matured leaves Celery (6 wks) most recently matured petiole Bittermelon Corn, sweet Broccoli, heading (5Ð6 wks) 5 most recently matured leaf

Cabbage, Chinese (won-bok) (mature plant) 1

Corn, sweet (early tassel) 5

Cucumber (bud to small fruit) 5

Daikon similair to radish

Dasheen most recently matured leaf

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(ppm)

5Ð60 50Ð300 25Ð400

25Ð75 50Ð300 40Ð250

23Ð50 50Ð100 25Ð250

40Ð70 40Ð100 30Ð250

25Ð60 40Ð100 11Ð250

25Ð125 50Ð200 50Ð250

(%)

4.90 0.93 3.71 1.40 0.49 0.32 38 112 82

3.00Ð3.50 0.24Ð0.33 3.90Ð5.70 1.10Ð1.30 0.50Ð0.80 0.35Ð0.40 80Ð112 110Ð160 125Ð250

4.00Ð5.00 0.30Ð0.60 3.50Ð5.00 1.00Ð2.50 0.30Ð1.00

3.80Ð5.00 0.45Ð0.60 6.60Ð9.00 1.50Ð2.25 0.50Ð0.80

3.50Ð4.50 0.45Ð0.80 5.50Ð6.20 2.00Ð2.80 0.60Ð0.80

5.00Ð6.00 0.35Ð0.50 4.00Ð5.50 1.00Ð3.50 0.30Ð0.50 0.50Ð1.00 22Ð60 60Ð300 50Ð250

4.00Ð5.00 0.30Ð0.80 2.00Ð3.50 1.20Ð2.00 0.30Ð0.70

4.00Ð6.00 0.35Ð1.00 4.00Ð6.00 1.00Ð2.50 0.30Ð1.00 25Ð75 60Ð300 50Ð250

4.00Ð6.00 0.20Ð0.50 4.00Ð11.50 0.60Ð1.00 0.50Ð1.50 0.19Ð0.36 25Ð50 50Ð150 30Ð450

3.00Ð4.00 0.25Ð0.40 6.00Ð8.00 1.50Ð2.50 0.70Ð1.00

3.00Ð5.00 0.30Ð0.70 4.00Ð7.50 3.00Ð4.50 0.50Ð4.50

3.00Ð4.50 0.30Ð0.50 3.00Ð5.50 0.75Ð1.50 0.25Ð0.50 0.20Ð0.30 10Ð25 125Ð150 300Ð400

4.20Ð4.50 0.33Ð0.35 3.70Ð4.20 0.90Ð1.50 0.36Ð0.43 24Ð26 150Ð200 280Ð315

3.30Ð4.50 0.23Ð0.50 3.10Ð4.50 0.70Ð1.20 0.35Ð1.00 25Ð75 40Ð100 40Ð250

4.00Ð6.00 0.30Ð0.50 3.00Ð5.00 1.20Ð2.50 0.30Ð1.00 25Ð75 50Ð200 50Ð250

(mature, nonfruiting plant)

of leaf, no white portion

⁄

leaf blade

grown) most recently matured leaf

⁄

grown) top

⁄

fruit filled) most recently matured leaf

bloom) most recently developed leaflet

grown) most recently matured leaf

⁄

aro, lowland

aro, dryland

Eggplant (bud to small fruit) most recently matured leaf

Ginger root (2Ð3 months) 3

Lettuce, head (mature) wrapper leaves

Lettuce, Romaine (mature) plant wrapper leaves

Onion, dry

( Peas, Chinese

Pepper, bell Pepper, (1

Potato, white (30 cm tall) most recently matured leaf

Potato, white

(tubers

Potato (sweetpotato) (

(mid-season) most recently matured leaf

Squash, zucchini

most recently matured leaf

T most recently matured leaf

Pumpkin most recently matured leaf

Radish

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(ppm)

25Ð75 60Ð300 50Ð250

25Ð50 50Ð100 50Ð250

(%)

3.50Ð5.00 0.70Ð1.30 6.00Ð10.0 1.40Ð2.20 0.30Ð0.70

4.20Ð6.00 0.70Ð1.30 4.00Ð8.00 1.00Ð2.00 0.25Ð0.50

2.50Ð3.00 0.16Ð0.20 1.00Ð1.50 0.60Ð1.00 0.35Ð0.50 15Ð40

1.25Ð1.70 0.15Ð0.20 1.25Ð1.75 0.80Ð1.75 0.25Ð0.50 1.60Ð2.00 0.08Ð0.25 0.75Ð2.00 1.00Ð3.00 0.25Ð0.80 0.20Ð0.60 50Ð100 50Ð200 30Ð500

3.50Ð4.50 0.20Ð0.40 3.80Ð5.00 0.80Ð1.50 0.25Ð0.80 0.20Ð0.80 10Ð50 75Ð300 100Ð1000

2.30Ð3.00 0.12Ð0.20 2.00Ð2.50 1.00Ð2.50 0.25Ð0.40 0.10Ð0.20 40Ð75 70Ð125 50Ð200

2.40Ð3.00 0.15Ð0.50 0.80Ð2.20 1.50Ð5.50 0.25Ð0.75 0.15Ð0.50 30Ð100 60Ð200 25Ð200

2.25Ð3.10 0.15Ð0.25 1.00Ð2.00 0.55Ð1.25 0.30Ð0.50 15Ð60 1.50Ð1.80 0.14Ð0.22 0.70Ð1.10 0.60Ð1.00 0.30Ð0.50 1.10Ð0.16 25Ð60 50Ð100 100Ð250

2.40Ð3.00 0.15Ð0.50 1.60Ð2.50 1.50Ð5.00 0.25Ð1.00 0.15Ð0.50 30Ð100 60Ð200 20Ð200

cluster)

leaf from tip 4.09Ð5.00 0.25Ð0.80 3.59Ð5.00 2.30Ð3.20 0.35Ð0.80 0.23Ð1.40 25Ð60 50Ð300 50Ð250

leaf from tip 4.09Ð5.00 0.25Ð0.60 3.59Ð4.50 2.59Ð3.20 0.35Ð0.80 0.23Ð1.20 25Ð60 50Ð300 50Ð250

leaf pair from tip

(mid-bloom to 1

(production trees)

(production fields, nonfruiting)

leaf pair from tip on fruiting shoots

atercress

vocado (5Ð7 months)

ychee (fruit setting)

omato

Recommended plant tissue nutrient levels: sufficiency values and ranges (continued) T leaves opposite or below top flower cluster W most recently matured compound leaf

Fruits

Atemoya most recently matured leaf

most recently matured nonfruiting terminal leaf Honeydew melon Banana (small fruit to harvest) 5 (production fields) mid-section leaf strips

Cantaloupe (small fruit to harvest) 5

(maturity to flower set) 4

Grapefruit (nonfruiting) most recently matured leaf

Guava 3

Cherimoya most recently matured leaf most recently matured leaf behind spring flush

Coffee

Lime most recently matured leaf

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(ppm)

(%)

1.45Ð2.00 0.08Ð0.11 0.45Ð0.65 0.65Ð1.00 0.08Ð0.10 0.24 40Ð100 50 50Ð1500

1.00Ð1.50 0.13Ð0.18 0.30Ð1.20 2.00Ð3.50 0.20Ð0.40 0.06Ð0.22 30Ð100 70Ð100 60Ð200

2.40Ð2.70 0.12Ð0.16 0.70Ð1.10 1.50Ð2.60 0.25Ð0.70 0.20Ð0.40 30Ð100 60Ð120 25Ð200

1.20Ð1.35 0.17Ð0.21 2.70Ð3.40 1.00Ð3.00 0.40Ð1.20 20Ð50 25Ð100 20Ð150

1.75Ð2.50 0.10Ð0.25 2.25Ð4.50 1.25Ð3.30 0.18Ð0.50 0.20Ð0.45 45Ð100 50Ð150 200Ð1000

1.50Ð2.50 0.10Ð0.30 3.00Ð6.50 0.40Ð1.20 0.30Ð0.60 0.10Ð0.30 30Ð75 75Ð200 50Ð400

3.00Ð3.40 0.15Ð0.25 0.90Ð1.10 0.17Ð0.44 31Ð100

4.00Ð5.50 0.30Ð0.80 4.00Ð5.00 1.70Ð3.00 0.50Ð0.80 25Ð60 50Ð300 50Ð250

2.50Ð3.80 0.20Ð0.75 1.50Ð6.50 0.50Ð2.00 0.30Ð1.00 0.18Ð0.40 20Ð75 50Ð300 50Ð300

2.00Ð4.50 0.15Ð0.50 2.00Ð4.75 0.75Ð3.65 0.25Ð0.75 0.20Ð0.80 20Ð60 50Ð300 40Ð300

2.50Ð3.70 0.25Ð0.55 2.50Ð5.35 1.20Ð2.00 0.40Ð1.00 0.15Ð0.35 25Ð75 40Ð250 50Ð300

1.50Ð3.00 0.25Ð0.50 1.30Ð3.00 1.00Ð2.50 0.30Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.40 25Ð75 50Ð200 50Ð200

2.50Ð3.95 0.25Ð0.85 2.75Ð6.50 1.00Ð2.40 0.30Ð1.30 0.20Ð0.55 15Ð45 50Ð300 50Ð300

2.50Ð3.50 0.15Ð0.25 2.40Ð3.50 1.00Ð2.00 0.30Ð0.50 0.25Ð0.50 20Ð50 50Ð200 50Ð200

flower to small fruit)

(nonfruiting)

(production trees)

(mature orchards)

(production nursery)

(infloresence start)

(after flowering)

leaf from tip, omit unfurled leaf

atermelon

angerine (production trees, nonfruiting)

Macadamia mature leaves from new growth

Mango most recent fully matured leaf

Orange, navel most recently matured leaf

Papaya petiole under most recently set fruit

Persimmon recently matured leaf from new growth

Pineapple

first fully expanded leaf, basal white section

T most recent fully matured leaf

Ornamentals

Aglaonema most recently matured leaf

Brassaia most recently matured leaf

Brassaia, dwarf most recently matured leaf

Croton most recent matured leaf

Dieffenbachia most recent matured leaf

Dracaena, Marginata most recent matured leaf 5

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(ppm)

30Ð100 100Ð500 100Ð200

(%)

1.95 0.24 0.81 0.55 0.34 0.34 15 26 48

2.50Ð4.50 0.20Ð0.50 2.50Ð4.00 1.00Ð2.00 0.30Ð0.60 0.20Ð0.60 15Ð50 50Ð300 50Ð300

2.00Ð3.50 0.15Ð0.40 1.50Ð4.00 1.00Ð2.50 0.20Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.70 20Ð50 50Ð300 50Ð300

1.80Ð3.50 0.10Ð0.40 1.00Ð2.95 0.85Ð3.25 0.20Ð1.00 0.15Ð0.40 20Ð75 30Ð200 25Ð200

1.30Ð2.50 0.10Ð0.50 0.60Ð2.10 0.30Ð1.20 0.20Ð0.50 0.15Ð0.50 20Ð50 30Ð200 20Ð200

2.10Ð3.00 0.25Ð0.70 1.60Ð3.80 0.40Ð2.50 0.25Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.50 20Ð70 28Ð300 27Ð200

2.00Ð3.00 0.25Ð0.50 2.00Ð4.00 0.50Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.80 0.20Ð0.50 20Ð50 20Ð200 30Ð300

2.50Ð3.50 0.20Ð0.50 3.00Ð4.50 0.40Ð1.50 0.30Ð0.60 0.20Ð0.50 25Ð50 50Ð300 50Ð300

1.50Ð3.50 0.11Ð0.80 0.70Ð4.00 0.80Ð2.50 0.20Ð0.80 0.21Ð0.75 15Ð60 18Ð250 47Ð250

2.50Ð3.50 0.15Ð0.30 1.60Ð2.80 1.00Ð2.50 0.25Ð0.80 0.21Ð0.40 25Ð60 50Ð300 50Ð250

1.80Ð2.80 0.15Ð0.80 1.50Ð2.50 0.41Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.30 0.15Ð0.75 16Ð75 80Ð300 50Ð250

2.50Ð4.00 0.25Ð0.60 2.50Ð4.50 0.90Ð2.50 0.30Ð0.55 0.25Ð0.60 25Ð70 50Ð200 50Ð200

4.00Ð6.00 0.30Ð0.70 1.50Ð3.50 0.70Ð2.00 0.40Ð1.00

2.50Ð3.50 0.20Ð0.50 3.00Ð5.50 1.00Ð2.00 0.30Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.40 20Ð60 50Ð300 50Ð300

(field production)

(container production)

(greenhouse grown)

(container production)

Dracaena, Deremensis ‘Janet Craig’ most recently matured leaf

Dracaena, Fragrans ‘Massangeana’ most recently matured leaf

Ficus, benjamina (container production) most recently matured leaf

Ficus, elastica Recommended plant tissue nutrient levels: sufficiency values and ranges (continued) most recently matured leaf

Fern, Boston most recently matured frond

Fern, leatherleaf most recently matured frond

Nephthytis most recently matured leaf

Palm, areca

middle leaflets of most recently matured leaf

Palm, seifritzii

middle leaflets of most recently matured leaf

Palm, rhapis middle leaflets of most recently matured leaf

Palm, Manila mid-section of most recently matured leaf

Philodendron, hastatum most recently matured leaves

Poinsettia

just pre-flowering, most recently matured leaf

Pothos, golden most recently matured leaf

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(ppm)

Plant analysis handbook II

(%)

1.87 0.15Ð0.19 2.00 1.50 0.34Ð1.00 0.16Ð0.75 25Ð135 50Ð400 50Ð1500

1.87 0.2 3.13 1.06 0.41 0.23 14 138 944

2.34 0.27 1.77 1.34 0.74 0.3 19 38 142

1.96Ð3.00 0.30Ð0.50 0.78Ð2.50 0.70Ð2.00 0.17Ð0.60 0.20Ð0.50 25Ð50 50Ð250 40Ð200

1.00Ð2.50 0.20Ð0.40 1.50Ð3.00 0.35Ð3.00 0.18Ð0.75 0.15Ð0.40 10Ð75 35Ð200 45Ð200

2.50Ð4.50 0.25Ð0.75 3.00Ð5.50 1.00Ð2.00 0.25Ð0.75 0.20Ð0.50 20Ð75 50Ð300 50Ð200

2.70Ð4.00 0.20Ð0.50 3.00Ð7.00 1.00Ð2.00 0.30Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.40 20Ð60 50Ð300 50Ð300

3.30Ð5.00 0.20Ð1.00 2.30Ð6.00 0.80Ð2.00 0.20Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.50 20Ð70 50Ð300 40Ð300

2.80Ð5.20 0.19Ð0.80 1.17Ð6.00 1.00Ð2.00 0.19Ð0.70 0.25Ð0.80 22Ð100 50Ð200 33Ð302

3.92Ð5.04 0.31Ð0.62 2.54Ð6.06 1.00Ð3.01 0.29Ð0.97 25Ð80 279 22Ð247

1.50Ð3.00 0.16Ð0.40 1.60Ð3.00 0.50Ð1.30 0.25Ð1.00 0.20Ð0.40 25Ð70 60Ð250 50Ð250

2.19Ð2.70 0.30Ð0.37 2.46Ð3.34 0.75Ð1.35 0.35Ð0.47 0.29Ð0.48 10Ð17 31Ð50 214Ð529

1.67Ð1.79 0.27Ð0.38 1.72Ð2.13 0.75Ð0.81 0.33Ð0.38 0.36Ð0.39 10Ð15 30Ð40 26Ð93

2.50Ð4.50 0.25Ð1.00 1.50Ð3.00 1.00Ð3.00 0.25Ð0.80 0.20Ð0.50 25Ð100 50Ð200 40Ð200

Higaki et al.,1994, CTAHR Res. Ext. Series 152; data for Mg, S, B, Fe, and Mn from H.A. Mills and J.B. Jones, Jr., 1996, Res. Ext. Series 152; data for Mg, S, B, Fe, and Mn from H.A. Mills and J.B. Jones, Jr., Higaki et al.,1994, CTAHR

(white)

-mature flower

⁄

(nonflowering plant)

(red, pink)

(mature plant)

(field production)

(mature,flowering trees)

leaf pair of nonflowering shoot

and 6

leaf from tip, omit unfurled leaf

*Anthurium data for N, P, K, and Ca from *Anthurium data for N, P,

Azalea (mature plant with visible bud) most recently matured leaf

Bird of paradise most recently matured leaf

Bougainvillea most recently matured leaf

Carnation 5

Pothos, Marble Queen most recently matured leaf

Spathiphyllum (>4 mo) most recently matured leaf

Anthurium* leaves subtending

Chrysanthemum 4

Gardenia most recently matured leaf

Ginger, Alpinia Ginger, most recently matured leaf

Ginger, Hedychium Ginger, most recently matured leaf

Heliconia, parrot

mid-section strips from recently matured leaf

Heliconia, pink lobster-claw

mid-section strips from recently matured leaf

Hibiscus (matured) most recently matured leaf

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(ppm)

(%)

1.90 0.28 1.89 1.38 0.33 0.32 18 51 75

2.24Ð5.60 0.25Ð0.70 2.20Ð7.80 0.60Ð2.00 0.22Ð0.61 0.20Ð0.70 20Ð50 50Ð300 38Ð300

3.30Ð4.80 0.25Ð0.70 3.30Ð5.00 0.60Ð1.50 0.20Ð0.70 0.25Ð0.70 25Ð75 60Ð200 35Ð200

1.20Ð1.30 0.04Ð0.06 0.34Ð0.73 0.52Ð1.00 0.10Ð0.12 0.18Ð0.24 14Ð24 38Ð51 145Ð165 1.45Ð1.90 0.15Ð0.22 1.75Ð2.40 0.65Ð1.00 0.40Ð0.80 0.15Ð0.50 50Ð100 30Ð100

2.38Ð5.00 0.25Ð0.62 1.50Ð3.52 1.00Ð2.00 0.22Ð0.50 0.25Ð0.70 30Ð61 56Ð200 30Ð200 1.68Ð1.85 0.06Ð0.08 1.94Ð2.77 1.05Ð1.63 0.99Ð1.43 90Ð300 200Ð700

1.54Ð2.04 0.26Ð0.58 2.23Ð3.95 0.71Ð1.09 0.28Ð0.48 0.15Ð0.39 11Ð21 16Ð61 243Ð772

2.00Ð3.50 0.17Ð0.30 3.90Ð7.06 1.50Ð2.79 0.40Ð1.07 25Ð50 80Ð170 100Ð250

2.25Ð3.50 0.20Ð0.70 2.00Ð3.50 0.75Ð2.00 0.20Ð0.75 0.20Ð0.75 25Ð75 50Ð200 50Ð200 1.00Ð2.50 0.10Ð0.75 2.00Ð4.24 0.50Ð2.00 0.30Ð0.70 0.15Ð0.75 25Ð75 50Ð200 40Ð200

1.33Ð2.50 0.13Ð0.75 2.00Ð3.50 0.50Ð2.00 0.19Ð0.70 0.15Ð0.75 22Ð75 28Ð200 30Ð200

1.50Ð2.50 0.10Ð0.30 2.00Ð3.00 0.40Ð1.00 0.30Ð0.60 25Ð50 50Ð133 40Ð80

(mature plant)

(Univ. Hawaii cutflower cultivars) (Univ.

(young, nonflowering)

(mature, flowering size)

(up to bud expansion)

(mature, nonflowering)

Jasminum sambac

(production greenhouses)

most recently matured leaf

Recommended plant tissue nutrient levels: sufficiency values and ranges (continued)

Hydrangea (mature, no flower) most recently matured leaf

Lily, Easter Lily, most recently matured leaf

Pikake,

2Ð3" of terminal cutting

Protea (2Ð3 yrs) most recently matured leaf

Rose Laeliocattleya (mature plant) upper 3 leaflets from mature leaves recently matured leaf from new growth

Oncidium most recently matured leaf Orchids Phalaenopsis most recently matured leaf

Phaphiopedilum Cattleya most recently matured leaf most recently matured leaf

Cymbidium most recently matured leaf

Dendrobium

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Name Phone first, middle initial, last Mailing address Fax

City State Zip code E-mail

CES Extension Agent

Crop, variety Plant condition V. poor Poor Fair Good V. good General appearance Plant age Present yield Previous yield Plant part

Sample site Plant pests Heavy Moderate Light None Disease Date sampled Insect infestation Specify types: Description of samples (The sample identification label should be written on the sample container. This form may be used for up to nine samples. When information is given, be sure to clearly note by number [1Ð9] the sample(s) referred to. If this cannot be clearly done, use separate forms.) Label Description Label Description Label Description

1 4 7

2 5 8

3 6 9 Comments (If more space is needed, use the back of this form)

Soil management history type or formulation quantity applied how often applied date of last application lime manure fertilizer other

The samples are: accompanied by soil sample/s [provide soil sample ID label: ] from a soil previously analyzed [provide ADSC job number from previous analysis report: ] follow-up samples, related to tissue sample(s) previously analyzed [provide ADSC job number from previous analysis report: ]

Reason for plant tissue analysis Soil data (past analysis; provide if ADSC job number is not known) Suspect nutrient disorder Analysis date Periodic monitoring Soil series or planting medium: Survey Experiment Analysis values ( lb/acre or ppm): Other (specify) PK CaMg

Crop is irrigated? Yes No pH Salinity (mmhos/cm)

ADSC use only: Job Control no. Date received month / day / year Color code: white—Client, yellow—Agent, pink—ADSC