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Available Mn

Available Mn is manganese on new leaves. A lab number — fix extreme pH first.

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  1. Available Mn。
  2. Available Mn is manganese on new leaves. A lab number — fix extreme pH first.。
  3. Mn yellows new leaves between veins, often with brown or grey specks. Wheat shows it clearly.。
  4. Mn yellows new leaves between veins, often with brown or grey specks. Wheat shows it clearly.。

How it appears on the sheet

Mn yellows new leaves between veins, often with brown or grey specks. Wheat shows it clearly.

A sketch. Do not fertilise from the picture alone.

Common units

Available Mn often mg/kg.

How to read the number

Mn yellows new leaves between veins, often with brown or grey specks. Wheat shows it clearly. Too acid or too alkaline both scramble it. High-organic calcareous soils can lock it too Easy to mix up: Iron rarely speckles; manganese often does. Read pH; don’t tank-mix a micronutrient blast Available Mn is manganese on new leaves. A lab number — fix extreme pH first.。

Thresholds only, not a prescription. Rates live in the field guide. This page does not hand you a bag count.

What it looks like in the field

Mn yellows new leaves between veins, often with brown or grey specks. Wheat shows it clearly.

Don’t do this

  • Iron, zinc and manganese in one blast.
  • Manganese without reading pH.
  • Iron rarely speckles; manganese often does. Read pH; don’t tank-mix a micronutrient blast.

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