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The fertilizer industry transforms millions of tons of air, natural gas and mined ores into plant nutrition products based on the three essential nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. But how are fertilizers produced?
- Phosphorus
Fertilizers. Balanced Plant Nutrition; How fertilizers are...
- Types of Fertilizer
Plants need nutrients to grow which they absorb from the...
- Circular Economy Action Plan
Circular Economy Action Plan. The European Union has...
- Phosphorus
How fertilizers are made. Let's talk about how different types of fertilizers are made: Nitrogen Fertilizers: These are made using a process invented over 100 years ago. Here's how it works: Nitrogen is taken from the air. The nitrogen is mixed with hydrogen from natural gas, coal (in the traditional process) or renewable energy sources.
Fertilizer is a substance added to soil to improve plants' growth and yield. First used by ancient farmers, fertilizer technology developed significantly as the chemical needs of growing plants were discovered. Modern synthetic fertilizers are composed mainly of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium compounds with secondary nutrients added.
25 paź 2024 · fertilizer, natural or artificial substance containing the chemical elements that improve growth and productiveness of plants. Fertilizers enhance the natural fertility of the soil or replace chemical elements taken from the soil by previous crops.
Plants are made up of four main elements: hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are widely available respectively in carbon dioxide and in water. Although nitrogen makes up most of the atmosphere, it is in a form that is unavailable to plants.
Fertilisers supply plants with the elements that may be missing or in short supply in a form that can be used by the plants for faster growth. Most fertilisers supply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
2 sty 2017 · In a natural state, plants grow, they die, the nitrogen they contain returns to the soil, and new plants use it to grow. Agriculture disrupts that cycle: we harvest the plants, and eat them.
