While we often use chemical fertilizers in our lives, some people advise us to use organic fertilizers. Why? Is it because chemical fertilizers are not suitable or is it that organic fertilizers are popular among people? With curiosity, let us learn about chemical fertilizers and organic fertilizers today.

Chemical and organic fertilizer concepts

Chemical fertilizer is a type of fertilizer produced through industrialization and produced through chemical reactions that is beneficial to the growth and development of crops. Inorganic fertilizer ---- refers to animal manure, which is formed into organic fertilizer through scientific processing and production technology.

Competition between chemical fertilizers and organic fertilizers

The reason why chemical fertilizers are so popular among everyone is that they are "quick-acting" on the one hand, and the lack of knowledge in this area on the other. As a result, growers directly purchase special chemical fertilizers whenever their crops lack nutrients. The chemical fertilizers will take effect immediately after being spread on the ground, and the growth of crops will be greatly improved. But they don’t know that if the soil is not repaired in time after this, the consequences it will bring to the soil will be difficult to repair.

The main component of organic fertilizer is organic matter. It is best at increasing the organic matter content of the soil, forming a soil aggregate structure, and creating a good environment for crop growth (chemical fertilizers lack such skills). At the same time, this is also its shortcoming. Why?

In some planting systems, the nutrient content of organic fertilizers is not low in terms of application amount. Why is the yield-increasing effect of organic fertilizers not as obvious as that of chemical fertilizers? One of the main reasons is that the nutrients of organic fertilizers are released slowly, and most of them do not have the "quick-acting" advantage of chemical fertilizers. And people tend to be a little "eager" to get results after using it.

From the perspective of providing nutrients, chemical fertilizers are naturally the first choice. Its main components are various nutrients. Its main function is to provide crops with the nutrients they need at different growth stages. Since high-purity inorganic salts are buried in the soil, these salts dissolve into the soil and are absorbed by plants, resulting in excessive concentrations of inorganic salts, which can easily cause soil acid-base balance and damage the environment.

If the use of chemical fertilizers can be scientifically and reasonably regulated, it will be better and there will be no negative effects. However, long-term planting and single application of chemical fertilizers will lead to a lack of organic matter in the soil, and the crops will not receive sufficient nutrients, resulting in a series of phenomena such as reduced yields.

When this phenomenon occurs, you must not simply and blindly increase the amount of chemical fertilizers. As a result, the soil will become thinner as it is fed more chemical fertilizers. In fact, at this time, you only need to supplement the soil with some organic fertilizers, biological fertilizers and other similar products, and the soil and crops will be improved. At the same time, crop yields will also show an upward trend.

Combined use of chemical fertilizers and organic fertilizers

Chemical fertilizers are rich in nutrients and have quick effects, but they are not suitable for long-term use; organic fertilizers are full of nutrients and have slow effects, so they are sustainable. The combination of the two is a perfect win-win outcome.