Nutrient-rich plants that don’t depend on fertilizers? Agrinoze demonstrates that less really is more
As global fertilizer prices soar, farmers are worried about the upcoming growing season. Fertilizers, which are considered a necessary input for crop cultivation, no less important than water and sunlight, have been used for centuries to increase yield by helping plants get more of what they need from the soil. However, run-off pollution, soil degradation, and rising fertilizer prices make it difficult to increase crop production while keeping food sustainable and affordable.
Agrinoze minimizes fertilizer use by identifying soil conditions that enable plant roots to utilize naturally occurring nutrients and maximize growth potential. Agrinoze soil optimization restores biodiversity and maintains ideal growing conditions so that plants have easy access to water, oxygen, and nutrients in the soil. These naturally occurring nutrients come from treated wastewater, organic plant matter from previous growth cycles, and nutrients in the soil that become accessible to the plant only when an optimal environment is maintained.
Leaf samples were taken from mango and lychee orchards and tested for the three primary nutrients plants need to grow: N, P, and K. The graphs below compare fertilizer consumption of Agrinoze and the control plots for N and P, K fertilizers.
The comparison between Agrinoze and the control plots for both mango and lychee leaves indicates that there is no significant difference in the nutrient content between the plots. This result is notable because, in the past 5 months, Agrinoze plots received fertilizer for one week at the beginning of June (NPK fertilizer), while the control plots received fertilizer on a weekly/daily basis.
There are also apparent superficial differences between the plots.
In this case, less really is more.
