How to tell real fertilizer from fake? A few practical methods

Identifying from the packaging: First, check the markings. A fertilizer packaging bag must indicate the product name, nutrient content, grade, trademark, net weight, standard code, factory name, factory address, production license number, etc. If the above markings are absent or incomplete, it may be fake or inferior fertilizer. Second, check the packaging seal. Pay special attention to fertilizer whose bag seal shows obvious signs of having been opened; this phenomenon means it may have been adulterated.

Identifying by smell: A liquid with a strong pungent ammonia odor is ammonia water; fine granules with an obvious pungent ammonia odor are ammonium bicarbonate; a fine powder with a sour taste is triple superphosphate; something with a distinctive fishy, foul odor is lime nitrogen. If superphosphate has a very pungent, strange sour odor, it means waste sulfuric acid was very likely used in the production process; this kind of fertilizer is highly toxic and can easily damage or burn crops to death, and in particular it must not be used in rice seedling beds.

If you accidentally buy counterfeit or inferior agricultural supplies and suffer losses, farmers can safeguard their lawful rights and interests through channels such as negotiation, complaints and filing a lawsuit with a people's court. (Compiled)