phosphate fiends?

[Patrice]

phosphate friends?

Plants need what type of fertilizer to absorb phosphate? My plants are not absorbing the phosphate. In a other word, what is the plants main fertilizer to be able to absorb mono potassium phosphate?

 

[fort384]

Plants absorb phosphorus independent of other nutrients - it is used for nutrient transport within the vascular system of the plant, as well as for growing new tissue and healthy root growth.

Rather than being dependent upon other nutrients, if no PO4 is being uptaken by your plants, any of a number of other nutrients required for growth could be out of whack, causing the plant not to develop new tissue, and in turn causing a lack of PO4 uptake.

What are your levels of Nitrate in the tank? Are you seeing nitrate uptake? What kind of lighting are you using? What all are you dosing?