Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1190/en

• The root opens up for itself a larger soil space;
• it develops according to the type-disposition of its species in an ideally typical way;
• the taproot (cosmic type) of carrot, beetroot, radish, spinach shows a strong drive downward and is accompanied laterally by a fine root system tapering pyramidally toward the base (Fig. 17).
• With radishes, the fruit bodies tend toward a thickening of the hypocotyl — toward the formation of a perfect spherical form, from which the root clearly sets itself apart. With NPK this transition was more turnip-like in character; the taproot lost itself and divided near the surface.
• With the type that by nature develops in a spherical and strongly divided way (earthly root type) — bush bean, onion, grain — this phenomenon of disorientation of the root with respect to its species-disposition emerged more markedly under NPK.
• With regard to stem formation (internode lengths), scarcely any differences were to be established; yet with manure compost dressing, a lengthening of the uppermost, ear-bearing internode was consistently striking. This surge of vitality also made itself felt at the stem base through a higher degree of tillering — that is, through a greater number of ear-bearing tillers per individual plant.
• With regard to leaf development, under full daylight the outward appearance of the leaves approaches — in space, in form, colour, serration, hairiness and articulation of the leaf blade, in the firmness of the cuticula — the xeromorphic ideal type of the species; and equally in time, in the sequence of leaves from

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