The Perfect Complement to Support Microbial Activity
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The Perfect Complement
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When it comes to fertilizer, we often hear the terms mobile and immobile nutrients. As plants grow, mobile nutrients move easily throughout the plant. Some immobile nutrients are chemically bound to the soil or to residue because of their ionic charge, making them soil-bound.
Soil-bound nutrients can be unlocked through nutrient cycling. Microbial activity contributes to that process in the soil. As microbes grow and colonize in the soil, they digest nutrients and break them down into smaller, more accessible forms that plants can utilize.
Supporting microbial activity in the soil by adding a biological fertilizer complement to your liquid or granular fertilizer applications is a crucial way to increase the return on fertilizer investments.
The Perfect Complement
Biological fertilizer complements contain beneficial microbes that work symbiotically with plants, promoting nutrient cycling and availability. Biologicals are designed to stimulate microbial growth and activity, creating a thriving microbiome that optimizes nutrient uptake.
When applying a biological fertilizer complement to a fertilizer application, growers amplify fertilizer efficiencies. Organic acids and enzymes in biologicals improve the solubilization of fertilizers into plant-available forms. This improves nutrient use efficiency and promotes healthy plant growth and overall crop productivity.
On-Farm Value
Biologicals can be an affordable way to increase your return on fertilizer investment (ROFI). Adding it to a crop nutrition program helps ensure the nutrients are accessible and plant-available ahead of critical plant uptake periods. For example, BioPath® from Mosaic makes soil and fertilizer work harder allowing crops to grow stronger, increasing ROFI and overall profitability with a yield advantage ROI of over 3 to 1.
By supporting microbial activity with a biological fertilizer complement, growers are able to optimize nutrient utilization, improve crop health and cultivate a healthy soil environment.