Organic fertilizers are being used in this day and time by big agricultural businesses and backyard gardeners alike. Aside from the health benefits of going organic, there two major reasons for this, the first one is the high demands of customers for organic produces and another reason is the certification earned for going organic and being a supporter of the ecological balance.
The average person, however, may wonder if there’s any substance to all these buzz words. Are synthetic fertilizers really that bad for agriculture and dangerous to animals and people? Are organic fertilizer really all that much better and safer? If so, why? And what are “organic fertilizers” anyway? This article will try to answer these questions for you.
WHAT ARE ORGANIC FERTILIZERS?
Non organic fertilizers are made from synthetic or artificial chemicals while the organic fertilizers are made from natural elements and materials. It may seem easy to differentiate the inorganic with the organic, but there are some facts about the organic that can be misleading. One example of issue is the misunderstanding of the composition of the mineral limestone, saltpeter and mine rock phosphate. People know that these are technically inorganic, but they are used for centuries as safe and good organic fertilizers since these are natural minerals.
Organic fertilizers are actually a composition of natural compounds made from natural compost or mineral deposits. Some examples of natural compounds are animal manure and other organic materials that rot and decay over time. As the plants and animal matters decay, the organic materials are slowly broken down to enrich the soil resulting to higher level of soil organic matter.
Organic fertilizers are easy to create. The simple and common form of this is the compost from animal manures. Since this is readily available, contains a high nutrient value, and more affordable, many farmers and backyard gardeners use the compost as organic fertilizers. Some farmers also use directly on soil some dead plants or leaves, grasses, seaweed, peat, food leftovers, and many more.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH INORGANIC CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS?
Many inorganic fertilizers contain synthesized chemicals that do not occur naturally in nature, and thus can become harmful. The introduction of such chemicals, if used extensively over time, can throw off the local environment and ecosystem.
Although most of the agricultural farms are far from the central cities and towns, the chemicals from the synthetic fertilizers will still have affect out water tables and in doing so affects fish and other water and wildlife. This happens whenever it rains, as the rainfall washes the chemicals from the plants into rainwater runoff that will flows into ponds, streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans, even to the groundwater, which animals and humans alike drink.
Lastly, inorganic fertilizers are absorbed by crops and plants. Once people eat the produce that came from those crops, the chemicals will stay in their body and will result in health problems. Eating produce with chemicals for only a single time may not harm anyone, however if you continue to consume products grown with inorganic material, you will eventually see its bad effects on your health.
WHAT MAKES ORGANIC FERTILIZER BETTER?
Organic fertilizers are made from natural occurring organic materials, which include plants and animal matter, and because of this there was no problem introducing it into the local environment.
When it comes to crop growth, organic fertilizers are good in encouraging crop growth. It take more organic fertilizer to do the job of a lesser amount of inorganic, however with organic the soil absorbs the nutrients and essential substances more slowly thereby turning out rich crops that are far better than the crops from farms that use synthetic fertilizers. As the soil continuously becomes enriched from the use of organic fertilizers, the growth cycle of crops yielded increases every harvest season.
According to a 32- year study performed in Sweden, the best thing about organic fertilizer is that it increased the yield rate of crops by 15%. The inorganic fertilizer only produced a 50% yield rate compared to the organic producing a phenomenal 65% yield rate.
We hope that you have found the answers to your questions regarding organic fertilizers within the words of this article. This is just the tip of the iceberg and further reading is advised. If you are planning to use organic fertilizers on your backyard or farms, try doing some more research so you can learn about the right organic fertilizers for your type of garden and its benefits. Organic gardening, organic farming and organic lawn care, like most subject requires serious study to implement the best tools and techniques for best results.
DISCLAIMER
The article is intended for information about organic fertilizers, organic farming and organic gardening only. It should not be regarded as scientific or expert advice in its own right. The information has been taken from secondary sources and is given here in good faith. We recommend you conduct your own research with expert & scientific sources prior to making fertilizer purchases or applying any fertilizer technique mentioned here.
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