IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT PHOSPHORUS:
"The second most deficient soil nutrient in America (only second to CA). "
The new modern age of agriculture has created a real problem for Phosphorus in our soil. The abundance of exchangeable Phosphorus is nearly a thing of the past!
Even though most of our soil naturally has a good level of Phosphorus, 1000 to 4000# per acre, most of it is locked up chemically! PLUS man made phosphates
such as DAP (diammonium phosphate 18-46-0), mono-ammonium phosphate (MAP 11-48-0), plus poor grades of ammoniated super phosphoric acids can
create a "three fold" problem.
1. These products are water soluable and in a unhealthy, unbalanced soil this phosphorus can be locked up with in hours not usable by the crop.
2. Secondly, these ammonium activated and high acid phosphorus products can suppress and kill soil life. Therefore, not only does our crops actually use only
a small amount of these fertilizers, but these "man-made" fertilizers are slowly destroying our priceless land.
3. 11-48-0 (MAP) requires three times the CaCo3 to neutralize it as other nitrogen products (DAP requires 1 '12 times more). They can produce a very acid
condition (disease problems are common).
NOTICE In "dead mineral soils" only 2 to 10% of the phosphorus will be available to the plant (normally, only 1 to 4# of P will be exchangeable at anyone time for
the plants use). No wonder we have seen Phosphorus deficiency in our crops so often. This is why in these sick soils 2 to 3 gallons of a top quality liquid fertilizer
solution is better than a ton of dry fertilizer (DAP).
1. PHOSPHORUS is the most important anion (negative charged nutrient).
2. Phosphorus and its balance to N is very important for the health and vigor of any growing plant. Phosphorus is a basic part of the sugar-protein energy-enzyme
family chain. Highest protein and mineral levels are achieved with a HIGH LEVEL OF P AND IN BALANCE TO NITROGEN!! To keep a proper balance of N
to P, your soil needs a high exchangeable P level, or readily available P1 should be 175# or more; and nitrate N (N03) should not exceed 80# (minimum 2 to 1
ratio)!! This is why in a young growing plant (corn) that you never want to supply a large amount of available N at one time. What if you applied 150# N at planting
time with 50# N03 in soil and a P level of 100#... We have reversed the N to P ratio.
What can happen to corn with reversed N to P ratio??
Low sugar levels are common with more stress of diseases and insects.
Plant energy level is limited and will not stand stress as well (cold, wet, heat, etc.).
Feed value of silage, or grain is down considerably.
Plant roots absorb P in the form of ions of ortho, or dihydrogen phosphate (H2P04). Nearly all P needs to come thru the bio-energy process of the soil (humus, or
"soil life"). Direct foliar P is an excellent way to spoon feed plants who have a need for additional P.
GROW YOUR PHOSPHORUS - most soil has 1000 to 4000# of P reserve, and a healthy 3 % organic matter soil can have 400# of available P. Soluable P is
built into the millions of microbes, and they are 100% exchangeable P!! Rain and snow is loaded with phorphorus, so a loose flocculated soil will allow water to
move thru and collect valuable nutrients. Let the earthworm work, because his castings are 7 times higher in P (it's 100% exchangeable to the plant).
Remember this fact!
Soil life and nutrient balance determines the amount of exchangeable phosphorus in your soil, not the amount of dry phosphorus fertilizer you apply!!!
"The second most deficient soil nutrient in America (only second to CA). "
The new modern age of agriculture has created a real problem for Phosphorus in our soil. The abundance of exchangeable Phosphorus is nearly a thing of the past!
Even though most of our soil naturally has a good level of Phosphorus, 1000 to 4000# per acre, most of it is locked up chemically! PLUS man made phosphates
such as DAP (diammonium phosphate 18-46-0), mono-ammonium phosphate (MAP 11-48-0), plus poor grades of ammoniated super phosphoric acids can
create a "three fold" problem.
1. These products are water soluable and in a unhealthy, unbalanced soil this phosphorus can be locked up with in hours not usable by the crop.
2. Secondly, these ammonium activated and high acid phosphorus products can suppress and kill soil life. Therefore, not only does our crops actually use only
a small amount of these fertilizers, but these "man-made" fertilizers are slowly destroying our priceless land.
3. 11-48-0 (MAP) requires three times the CaCo3 to neutralize it as other nitrogen products (DAP requires 1 '12 times more). They can produce a very acid
condition (disease problems are common).
NOTICE In "dead mineral soils" only 2 to 10% of the phosphorus will be available to the plant (normally, only 1 to 4# of P will be exchangeable at anyone time for
the plants use). No wonder we have seen Phosphorus deficiency in our crops so often. This is why in these sick soils 2 to 3 gallons of a top quality liquid fertilizer
solution is better than a ton of dry fertilizer (DAP).
1. PHOSPHORUS is the most important anion (negative charged nutrient).
2. Phosphorus and its balance to N is very important for the health and vigor of any growing plant. Phosphorus is a basic part of the sugar-protein energy-enzyme
family chain. Highest protein and mineral levels are achieved with a HIGH LEVEL OF P AND IN BALANCE TO NITROGEN!! To keep a proper balance of N
to P, your soil needs a high exchangeable P level, or readily available P1 should be 175# or more; and nitrate N (N03) should not exceed 80# (minimum 2 to 1
ratio)!! This is why in a young growing plant (corn) that you never want to supply a large amount of available N at one time. What if you applied 150# N at planting
time with 50# N03 in soil and a P level of 100#... We have reversed the N to P ratio.
What can happen to corn with reversed N to P ratio??
Low sugar levels are common with more stress of diseases and insects.
Plant energy level is limited and will not stand stress as well (cold, wet, heat, etc.).
Feed value of silage, or grain is down considerably.
Plant roots absorb P in the form of ions of ortho, or dihydrogen phosphate (H2P04). Nearly all P needs to come thru the bio-energy process of the soil (humus, or
"soil life"). Direct foliar P is an excellent way to spoon feed plants who have a need for additional P.
GROW YOUR PHOSPHORUS - most soil has 1000 to 4000# of P reserve, and a healthy 3 % organic matter soil can have 400# of available P. Soluable P is
built into the millions of microbes, and they are 100% exchangeable P!! Rain and snow is loaded with phorphorus, so a loose flocculated soil will allow water to
move thru and collect valuable nutrients. Let the earthworm work, because his castings are 7 times higher in P (it's 100% exchangeable to the plant).
Remember this fact!
Soil life and nutrient balance determines the amount of exchangeable phosphorus in your soil, not the amount of dry phosphorus fertilizer you apply!!!
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