Silicon Overview: Si:Under Appreciated On soils Plant uptake Silicon Source: Si Sources CaSi Material CaSi Products: Products Plant locations Distributors Silicon in Turf Grass: Overview Brochure Newsletter Silicon in Agriculture: On Rice On Sugar Cane On Horticulture Other Applications About CaSi C...

Desired Levels of Silicon in Tissure and Soil Test Amount of Silicon that is available to the plant and how much the plant has taken up can be determined by soil and tissue sampling. Ideal levels of Silicon in the soil should be 50 pounds of Si per acre as determined by soil test. Plant tissue level...

For more information about plants that utilize silicon, go to "Silicon: The Estranged Medium Element" or click on orchids image. (Please note -- This publication may be printed out from the "pdf" format.) In the ornamental plant industry, most plants are grown in containers using organic substrate s...

TABLE OF CONTENTS: When Silicon Enters Plant Tissue . . . Why Use Silicon on Turfgrass Desired Levels of Silicon in Tissure and Soil Tests Magnesium Added to Enhance Calcium Silicate Significance of Silicon in the Life of Plants and the Performance of Turfgrass Liming Value and Sodium Absorption Rat...

CaSi Corp. has commercially sold its product for rice production since 1987. Some soils cropped to rice in the tropics and sub-tropics have been shown to be particularly poor in plant available silicon. The benefits that silicon fertilization provides to these soils include dramatic increases in ric...