
Your Garden Needs Nutrients & Minerals
WHAT IS NEEDED TO GROW FOOD What do you need to grow food? 1. Air 2. Water 3. Sun – Light & Heat 4. Soil 5. Nutrients, Minerals 6. Plants & Seeds In this series we discuss what is needed to grow food. This episode is about nutrients. YOUR GARDEN NEEDS NUTRIENTS & MINERALS Plants need minerals to convert the energy in sunlight into chemical energy, which is used and stored as sugars and starches. The simple molecules of sugar and starch are then used to create all the other w