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NPK FERTILIZER:
What is it and How Does it Work?
N K
Soil lacking in nutrients requires P This is most often done in the
them to be supplemented. form of NPK fertilizer.
PRIMARY MACRONUTRIENTS
N P K
NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM
• Vital to chlorophyll for • Aids in structural strength, • Often referred to as the
photosynthesis crop quality, seed “quality element,” for its
production, and more contribution to size,
• Significant component in shape, color, and taste
amino acids, the building • Encourages root growth
blocks of proteins and promotes blooming • Plants low in potassium
are stunted in growth
• Aids in the compounds • Essential in DNA and have lower yields
that allow for energy
storage and use • Vital to the transformation
of solar energy into usable
compounds
Prilling
+ VARIOUS PRODUCTION METHODS:
Mg +
S
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SOURCES
1. https://ifdc.org/fertilizer-technology-development/