In the intensive production of apples, one of the limiting factors is proper and balanced nutrition. If cultivation does not take place in substrates with controlled fertigation, the biggest obstacle is the different availability and quantity of certain nutrients. As woody crops contain certain nutrient reserves, the appearance of deficiency symptoms can be hidden for some time, therefore the speed of recognizing characteristic symptoms in the early stages of appearance and targeted intervention are very important. The aim of this research is to examine the impact of the absence of certain elements in the diet on the uptake and concentration of biogenic elements in plant material. The 'Braeburn' apple orchard was fertilized with Hoagland's solution, in which nitrogen, magnesium and iron were removed in 3 different treatments, in addition to growing in complete Hoagland's solution. By processing the data obtained from the analysis of the plant material, information was obtained on the concentration of all elements in the samples. The amounts of nitrogen in plant material ranged from 1.13 to 2.63 % of dry matter, and the absence of nitrogen affected all observed elements. The amounts of magnesium ranged from 0.25 to 0.50 % Mg in dry matter and the absence of magnesium affected the amounts of phosphorus and copper. The amounts of iron ranged from 56.6 to 157.6 mg Fe/kg in dry matter, and the absence of iron affected nitrogen, calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc and manganese. The analysis of the obtained data concluded that all omitted elements have an influence on the amount of absorption of other elements from the solution, especially the absence of nitrogen.