The best partner for microbial fertilizer turns out to be this

Introduction: Is it better to apply microbial fertilizer alone or mixed with other fertilizers? Which method of use is more beneficial to crop growth? What should be noted when using it?

During plant growth, fertilizers are indispensable. Microbial fertilizer is an important part of fertilizers and plays an irreplaceable role in agricultural production. So how exactly should it be used for the best effect? Below, the editor will give you a brief introduction!

Microbial fertilizer

Also known as biofertilizer or bacterial fertilizer, it is a type of living microbial preparation that produces a specific fertilizer effect on plants through the life activities of microorganisms and their products. At present, microbial fertilizer has shown outstanding effects in building soil fertility, improving chemical fertilizer utilization, inhibiting the absorption of heavy metals and pesticides by crops, purifying and remediating soil, preventing the occurrence of crop diseases, promoting the decomposition and utilization of crop straw and municipal waste, protecting the environment, and improving crop product quality and food safety.

However, in agricultural production, applying microbial fertilizer alone often cannot meet the needs of crop growth, so farmers often use it together with other fertilizers. Chemical fertilizers belong to the category of inorganic salts. If mixed with bacterial fertilizer, the elements of the chemical fertilizer seize the water in the living bacteria when they come into contact with them, causing the microorganisms to dehydrate and die. In addition, some volatile chemical fertilizers and toxic gases can also cause the living bacteria to die because they cannot carry out aerobic respiration. Therefore, directly mixing bacterial fertilizer with chemical fertilizer will cause it to lose the efficacy of the biological bacteria.

The best companion for bacterial fertilizer

Organic fertilizer, commonly known as farmyard manure, is very diverse in type, with common ones including compost, waterlogged manure, stable manure, green manure, cake fertilizer, and mud fertilizer. After being applied to the soil, it can provide various inorganic and organic nutrients for crop growth and can also build soil fertility and improve the soil. Applying organic fertilizer can supplement the organic matter content of the soil, but its nutrient content is low and its fertilizer effect is released slowly, so it cannot promptly meet the requirements for high crop yields.

Organic fertilizer is generally applied mainly as a base application and deep application. It is best to apply it once as a basal application before sowing or before planting, using forms such as furrow application, hole application, or broadcasting. Choose the appropriate amount according to different crop varieties. It must be fully decomposed before use. Mixing it with undecomposed organic fertilizer will kill microorganisms due to high temperature and affect the performance of the microbial fertilizer.

When mixed with organic fertilizer, the organic fertilizer provides "food" for the biological bacteria, and the biological bacteria in turn can promote the decomposition and utilization of the organic fertilizer. Used together, the two have a multiplied effect and promote each other, forming a virtuous cycle that is very beneficial to the soil!

How to combine them?

Apply by hole application, furrow application, seed dressing, or root dipping in fields where organic fertilizer has already been applied. After application, cover with soil and immediately water thoroughly, which is more conducive to the reproduction of the microorganisms in it. Excessive application will not cause any harm. It is strictly prohibited to mix it with urea, or with bactericides such as copper preparations, ethylicin, and agricultural streptomycin.

In summary, in the specific process of fertilization, combining the two and mixing them together can both improve the soil and provide multiple nutrients for crop growth, reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and being green, safe, and pollution-free. With the deepening of market promotion of microbial fertilizer, its position in the sustainable development of agriculture in China will become more prominent, and it is also an inevitability for the development of organic agriculture.