Controlled-release fertilizers expensive but efficient

COATINGS AT WORK The research expanded to watermelon farms in spring 2023 with the initiative of helping producers reduce their nitrogen rates by using fertilizer granules surrounded by polymer-coated materials. According to Hochmuth, fertilizer manufacturers can add the needed layers of polymer coa...

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Published inSpecialty Crop Grower Vol. 1; no. 9; pp. 18 - 19
Main Author Thompson, Clint
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newberry AgNet Media 01.09.2024
Subjects
Agriculture
Coatings
Controlled release
Electrons
Farms
Fertilizers
Leaching
Nitrogen
Polymer coatings
Polymers
Water melons
United States > US
Florida
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Summary:COATINGS AT WORK The research expanded to watermelon farms in spring 2023 with the initiative of helping producers reduce their nitrogen rates by using fertilizer granules surrounded by polymer-coated materials. According to Hochmuth, fertilizer manufacturers can add the needed layers of polymer coating to match up with the crop needs. If we put a controlled-release polymer-coated material in the bed and we get a leaching rain event or we over-irrigate ... its not going to have a negative impact because the majority of that nitrogen fertilizer is still protected in the polymer."