How to use ammonium bicarbonate for weed control? A detailed guide to the correct method

Ammonium bicarbonate generally refers to ammonium hydrogen carbonate, a white compound in the form of granular, plate-like or columnar crystals, with an ammonia odor. Some friends may wonder what the ammonium bicarbonate weed control method is. Below, the editor will answer this for you.

1. Ammonium bicarbonate weed control method

Ammonium bicarbonate is a common chemical fertilizer, suitable for most crops and soils, and can be used both as a base fertilizer and for topdressing. However, it does not have a weed control effect, so it is not recommended for weed control.

2. Application areas of ammonium bicarbonate

1. Used as a nitrogen fertilizer, suitable for various soils, it can simultaneously provide the ammonium nitrogen and carbon dioxide needed for crop growth, but its nitrogen content is low and it easily cakes;

2. Used as an analytical reagent, and also used in the synthesis of ammonium salts and fabric degreasing;

3. It can promote crop growth and photosynthesis, speed up seedling growth and leaf development, and can be used as a topdressing or applied directly as a base fertilizer, and used as a food leavening agent;

4. Used as a high-grade food fermentation agent. Combined with sodium bicarbonate, it can be used as a raw material for leavening agents in bread, biscuits, pancakes, etc., and also as a raw material for carbonated powdered fruit juice. It is also used for blanching green vegetables, bamboo shoots, etc., as well as in medicine and reagents;

5. Used as a buffering agent; aeration agent.

6. Ammonium hydrogen carbonate is widely used in the plastics and rubber industries, pottery making, chrome tanning and synthetic catalysts.

7. Ammonium hydrogen carbonate has the advantages of being quick-acting, cheap, economical, not compacting the soil, suitable for various crops and all types of soil, and usable as both a base fertilizer and a topdressing, so it is welcomed by farmers. Its annual usage accounts for about 1/4 of the total nitrogen fertilizer output, making it the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer product in China apart from urea. The main disadvantages of ammonium bicarbonate are that it volatilizes easily and has a low nitrogen utilization rate. Therefore, in production, its strengths should be maximized and its weaknesses avoided, and it should be used reasonably.

If, during the planting process, you want to remove weeds from the field, choosing a dedicated herbicide will give better results. For crops that need ammonium bicarbonate applied, it can be applied according to their growth characteristics.