Fertilizing fruits and vegetables without chemicals: phosphorus

Proper fertilization of vegetables and fruits is important, especially at the beginning of the growing season. At this time, plants have a high demand for Phosphorus, which is necessary for proper rooting and growth. Unfortunately, this is the element with which gardeners and allotment holders have the most trouble, even if they use artificial phosphorus fertilizers.

Phosphorus – a macronutrient needed by plants

Phosphorus is one of the most important macronutrients present in plants, Among other things, it occurs in cell walls. This element plays a very important role throughout the growing season: it influences better utilization of nutrients. nutrients, and is essential in the process of photosynthesis. It also has of great importance in processing and storing energy, needed in the process of wintering plants. And as a component of DNA and RNA acids, phosphorus is responsible for also responsible for the transmission of genetic information.

The importance of phosphorus in growing fruits and vegetables

The availability of readily available phosphorus in the soil has a beneficial effect on the condition of crops and the quality of vegetables and fruits – this applies to perennials, shrubs and trees. It is an element desirable especially in the early stages of growth, because it makes the plants root better, and their roots have more trichomes. This in turn translates into increased plant resistance to stresses associated with water shortage. Phosphorus also affects sustainability, better flowering and seed setting, and higher yields.

Phosphorus in the cultivation of vegetables and fruits:is necessary for proper rooting of plants, affects proper and systematic growth, is responsible for the process of flowering, fruit setting and seeds, immunizes plants against stress associated with water shortage, increases the abundance and size of the crop, has a building function and is required in the process of photosynthesis.

Fertilization of vegetables and fruits: when the need for phosphorus is greatest? – beginning of vegetation – phosphorus has a beneficial effect on the proper development of the root system and later growth, – end of vegetation – phosphorus plays an important role in seed setting, and thus has a direct effect on proper and abundant yield.

Effects of phosphorus deficiency in vegetable and fruit cultivation

Vegetables and fruits that lack phosphorus are weakened, grow more slowly, and their leaves have a purple or red coloration, become stiff, and may also fall off. Phosphorus deficiency in the growth phase results in Weaker flowering and yielding, and as a result, lower harvest. It also has a negative effect on the seeds – they are smaller and poor in phytin.

Problem: low abundance of soil in assimilable phosphorus

Phosphorus occurs naturally in the soil, but its uptake by plants is significantly hampered or simply impossible. Why? Well, Phosphorus has the property that it very easily precipitates out in the form of hardly soluble salts, which are unabsorbable by plants. Unfortunately this problem also occurs in the use of fertilizers phosphate fertilizers.

Matters are not made easier by the fact that the process of phosphorus precipitation is more intense in soils with an acidic or alkaline pH. This is all the more important because in Poland most soils are characterized by low pH.

Another bad news for gardeners is that. at low temperatures the availability of phosphorus in the soil significantly decreases. And as is not hard to guess, this process goes faster in early spring, which has an adverse effect on the development of the root system of various species of vegetables and fruits.

Fertilization of vegetables and fruits – artificial phosphorus fertilizers and their disadvantages

The use of mineral phosphorus fertilizers does not eliminate the problem. Yes, they have an almost immediate effect, but this effect passes rather quickly. Phosphorus supplied to the soil in the form of fertilizer also precipitates, especially in acidic and alkaline soils (as well as at low temperatures temperatures), making it impossible for plants to take it up anyway.

On top of this, the use of artificial phosphorus fertilizers can have an adverse effect on the on the environment, and their improper use leads to overfertilization of the soil. Besides, why use artificial fertilizers, when you can use the phosphorus contained in the soil?

Natural fertilizer for vegetables and fruits

BioGarden is a soil bacterial preparation, stimulating biological activity of soils. Not is a typical fertilizer for vegetables and fruits, as its action is based on natural metabolic processes.

BioGarden breaks down the phosphorus available in the soil into such a form so that it is easily absorbed by plants. What's more, in contrast to phosphorus fertilizers, BioGarden does not cause overfertilization and can be applied throughout the growing season. In addition, the preparation accelerates the decomposition of residues in the soil, increases humus content and makes plants resistant to diseases (thanks to the elimination of pathogens).

The preparation is available in our online store: BioGarden natural preparation for vegetables and fruits.

How does this translate into quality and yield? Just take a look at the photo:

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