Advantages
Disadvantages
So in total, chemical fertilizer is worse than natural fertilizer
this site below helped me a lot, also for pros and cons about natural fertilizers
http://www.malcolmbeck.com/books/gv_method/FertilizerOrganicNaturalversusChemicalInorganic.htm
So what is the advantages and disadvantages of fertilizers ?
Most plants, especially modern varities, will pull more fertilizer molecules out of the ground than what is naturally resupplied. In a forest, the decomposing leaves and bark will feed the soil and give ferns (growing below the trees) enough fertilizer to live on. However, in a garden where you grow vegetables or flowers, these plants typically consume large quantities of fertilizer.. higher amounts than nature can naturally resupply.
in order for the plants to grow properly, they need the right amount of fertilizer available in the soil. If there is too little, growth may be stunted and flowers and fruits may not develop properly. The plants become suceptible to attack by insects and disease. A plant which is fed well is often able to survive better. This is the same with humans: people who are starving is often plauged by disease compared to people who get all the nutrients they need.
Therefore the gardener must manually fertilize the plants to ensure they have enough food to grow on. Plants which are fertilized often are bigger, stronger and produce more fruits and flowers than plants which are not fertilized. Fertilized plants are generally often also more disease resistant than unfed plants.
There really is no disadvantages to fertilizing, and most home owners should fertilize plants such as vegetables, fruits and flowers because these - persumably modern hybrids - tend to consume much more fertilizer than nature can provide.. This also goes for lawns, for example, which has individual grass plants growing very close together - much closer than grass plants would in nature - and therefore have to compete with each other for nutrients.
However, if you give TOO MUCH fertilizer the plants can suffer just as they would if they get too little. For example, both magnesium and calcium molecules are needed by the plants, but given too much calcium, for example, can interfer with the plants ability to take up magnesium and the other way around, too.
If you add fertilizer to certain plants when the soil is dry or the temperature is very hot, you also risk damaging the plants.
While there are no specific disadvantages to fertilizing if doing it correctly, you do need to know approximately which type of fertilizer (which nutrients) the plant require, how much to add, and when to add it. It also needds to be watered in to avoid that the plant dies from thirst (plants which grow in fertilizer rich soil without water will cause water to exit the plants and kill them).
Fertilizer is artificial.
Benjamin Franklin was known for many inventions and discoveries. The artificial fertilizer that he used was known as gypsum. He was also a politician during his career.
Manure IS a fertilizer ! I think you may mean to say artificial fertilizer - which has energy costs as well as requiring the use of resources such as petroleum.
many are synthesized from industrial chemicals like ammonia.
Artificial fertilizer is made by combining various chemical compounds such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, along with other essential nutrients. These compounds are processed in a manufacturing plant using different methods like chemical reactions, blending, and granulation to create the final fertilizer product. The resulting fertilizer is then packaged and distributed for agricultural use.
Animals could die or get very sick.
Emergence from non-chemical processes and structure in conformity with Mother Nature are reasons why natural fertilizer is better than artificial or laboratory fertilizers. Natural fertilizer generally falls into one of three categories: mixture of compost and manure, production through composting, or result of waste elimination. Environmental contamination therefore will not be an after-effect or side-effect of natural fertilizers whereas it does happen with artificial and laboratory fertilizer use.
Yes, fertilizer is a plant mineral.Specifically, fertilizer contains minerals. The minerals derive from plants when the fertilizers are considered organic. They derive from artificial, chemical or synthetic ingredients when the fertilizers are considered inorganic.
There are a couple advantages. You do not have to mow the lawn and you do not need to water it.
Yes, fertilizer is a plant mineral.Specifically, fertilizer contains minerals. The minerals derive from plants when the fertilizers are considered organic. They derive from artificial, chemical or synthetic ingredients when the fertilizers are considered inorganic.
They are cheaper , easily available, stable and hard.
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