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Hypothesis: The soluble
organic, Charlie Carp fertilizer would encourage more and higher basil
leaf growth than the inorganic soluble Thrive fertilizer.

Fertilizer is a natural or synthetic substance
containing the essential chemical elements that the plant doesn't produce in
the process of photosynthesis. These improve growth and productiveness of
plants. Fertilizers enhance the natural fertility of the soil to support plant
growth or replace the chemical elements taken from the soil by previous crops. There are two types of fertilizers:
organic and inorganic.

Organic fertilizer is the product of the natural
decomposition of plant and animal waste. One of its main advantages is its
capability to improve the soil structure, or tilth, and increases its ability to
hold both water and nutrients. It also provides a healthier plant growth since
it provides nutrients in very slow release rates that doesn't cause an
oversupply of these materials. However,
organic fertilizers are not immediately available to plants, for example, if it
was applied to the soil in spring, it might not be broken down by soil bacteria
until mid summer when the bacterial action increases. In addition the amount of
nutrients and the exact type of elements supplied to the plant can only be guessed.



Basil is one of the most aromatic and
recognisable herbs. It is
very sensitive to cold and grows best in full sun or semi-shade and a warm,
moderately rich soil. Basil tends to like a variety of fertilizers, but it
performs best with organic (slow-release) fertilizers this is because
fast-release or artificial fertilizers give it an undesirable flush of growth
that may not greatly sustain its growth as with the organic fertilizer. It has
a height range of 30-60cm.



Photosynthesis: It is the process by which plants and
other photoautotrophs use carbon dioxide, water and the captured sunlight
energy to produce sugar (carbohydrates) and oxygen. In photosynthesis, carbon dioxide enters
through open stomata (which is situated under the leaf) by diffusion while the
water is absorbed from the roots.



There are sixteen different chemical elements that are
important to a plant's growth and survival as they provide nutritious
substances These elements are divided into two main groups: non-mineral and
mineral elements.



The non-mineral nutrients include, Hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), &
carbon (C). The other thirteen soluble mineral nutrients
are broken down into two subgroups: macronutrients and micronutrients.



Macronutrients are also divided into two groups: Primary and secondary nutrients.

The primary nutrients are: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P),
and potassium (K). These major nutrients are usually lacking from the soil
first because plants use large amounts of them for their growth and survival in
contrast to the secondary nutrients: calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulfur
(S) which are usually present in the soil.



Each one of these elements has a particular job in
building and maintaining plant growth.

Nitrogen is necessary element to all proteins, enzymes
and metabolic processes involved in the synthesis and transfer of energy. It
also improves the quality of leaf and forage crops as it is a part of
chlorophyll, the green pigment that is responsible for plant photosynthesis.
While phosphorus helps with the transformation of solar energy into chemical
energy as well as proper plant maturation; withstanding stress. Phosphorus also
effects rapid growth and encourages blooming and root growth. In addition, Potassium
helps in the building of protein, photosynthesis, fruit quality and reduction
of diseases.



Micronutrients are very essential elements for plant growth
as well. They are needed in only very small (micro) quantities.

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