Table 3.

Relative contributions of different organs of fruiting plants to plant dry mass and total nutrient pools

Compartment	Dry mass	N	P	K	Mg	S
Stem	6·0 ± 1·0	6·0 ± 1·6	4·5 ± 0·7	4·7 ± 1·2	11·5 ± 1·2	10·5 ± 3·2
Green leaves	30·5 ± 2·3	33·7 ± 5·1	20·8 ± 3·6	25·2 ± 3·8	31·8 ± 2·4	35·1 ± 1·0
Leaf bases (new)	16·6 ± 2·1	10·5 ± 1·5	12·5 ± 2·4	11·0 ± 1·8	17·7 ± 1·8	14·4 ± 1·3
Leaf bases (old)	8·7 ± 1·1	4·1 ± 0·8	2·4 ± 0·8	2·6 ± 0·7	7·1 ± 0·7	5·4 ± 0·6
Infructescence – stalk	20·8 ± 1·7	13·0 ± 1·3	11·6 ± 1·4	33·0 ± 3·0	12·8 ± 1·3	21·1 ± 0·6
Infructescence – capsule walls	8·7 ± 1·4	5·8 ± 0·6	7·0 ± 1·3	13·8 ± 2·4	6·8 ± 0·5	4·3 ± 0·3
Seeds	6·4 ± 1·4	24·8 ± 5·9	39·8 ± 7·2	8·3 ± 1·0	11·5 ± 0·9	8·6 ± 0·4
New rosette	0·8 ± 0·3	0·7 ± 0·3	0·8 ± 0·4	1·2 ± 0·5	0·6 ± 0·1	0·4 ± 0·1

Data are mean percentages ± s.e. (n = 8 plants).