TY - JOUR AU - Lunt, O. R. AU - Sciaroni, R. H. AU - Bowles, E. J. TI - Commercially grown carnations: Studies in soil fertility control made to determine optimum fertilization for production of ornamentals JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1953/06/01 VL - 7 IS - 6 SP - 13 EP - 13 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v007n06p13 AB - Soil testing for fertility control in carnation production showed that large quantities of nitrogen and of potassium are removed from the soil—by plant absorption or through leaching—when cultural methods for bench grown carnations are typical of those in use in the San Francisco Bay Area.