TISSUE ANALYSIS

The Nuturf Tissue Analysis can provides turf managers with a tool to ascertain the actual nutritional makeup of the turfgrass plant, and in turn determine if success is being achieved through the current fertiliser program. The test looks at all the major and minor nutrients, and guidelines are based on specific turfgrass species. This is important as different species have varying nutritional requirements and toxicity thresholds.

The Tissue Analysis report displays the major nutrients as a percentage, with minor nutrients displayed in parts per million (PPM). It is important to understand the relationship between these measurements in order to have a real idea of the nutrient content of the plant. 10,000 ppm is equal to one percent, so in the tissue analysis, the use of percentages relates to the concentration of the nutrients the same as the ppm figure does – not to its balance in relation to other nutrients as in a soil test base saturation.