Synthetic ammonium sulfate is a sulfur-nitrogenous fertilizer, which contains 24% of sulfur and 21% nitrogen.Outwardly, it resembles a white crystalline salt which is good soluble in water and is chemically neutral.Ammonium sulfate has a low hygroscopicity and long-term storage it does not cake, while keeping the flowability.And the value of the substances contained in it, is hard to overestimate.The same nitrogen has a significant impact on the life of plants.He is considered a leader among the fertilizers.A sulfur in order of importance in plant nutrition you can give the third place, since the second takes phosphorus.
Ammonium Sulfate - fertilizer, the use of which is useful for all types of crops.It is no problem in making soluble in water, and then well absorbed by plants.In addition, it is inactive, and even at high moisture is not washed out of the soil.But the effectiveness of this fertilizer is not lower than that of urea and ammonium nitrate.But if we consider some of its physical and chemical properties (flammability, explosion, neslezhivaemost) and cost, the ammonium sulfate will be much more profitable to their "rivals".It is also an important component of this fertilizer is sulfur, which in the life of the plant plays an important role.It is part of the protein and essential amino acids such as methionine and cystine.It is also present in vitamins and oils.
Therefore, ammonium sulfate has a positive effect on the redox processes that occur in plants, as well as the activation of enzymes and protein metabolism, precursors for the synthesis of which is just the oxidized form of sulfur.And if it is missing, then protein synthesis is delayed, and the plants begin so-called sulfur starvation, which is in character resembles nitrogen starvation.Thus crops suspended in development, have elongated stems and leaves are reduced.However, the latter do not die, but take a pale color.And studies have shown that it is sulfur deficiency causes disorders of nitrogen metabolism.And it can be avoided if the add ammonium sulfate.The fertilizer that will help restore the lack of sulfur.
farmers also know that excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers can lead to environmental problems, especially if they are not balanced in nutrients.It may be contamination of surface and groundwater, zanitrachivanie products.Also urea nitrate fertilizers and there are significant losses of nitrogen (30%), which result from leaching and denitrification.A ammonium sulfate loses not more than 3% of the battery.It should be noted that it is situated at the nitrogen available to plants, and in the formation of crop it participates entire growing period.
More ammonium sulfate used for the disposal of straw.At the same time it turns into a fertilizer.That is, it is made in the ground with the straw at a dose of 10 kg per tonne of straw.He also contributes to the accelerated degradation of cellulose.In this regard, at the same time we solved a few problems - soil receive additional fertilizer, straw and recycled to protect the environment.And if the grain yield of 20-30 quintals per hectare, the ammonium sulfate with the straw left after them a way back into the soil up to 40 kg of nitrogen, potassium 18-24 kilograms, 80 kilograms of phosphorus and 35-45 kg of sulfur, which greatly improvespercentage of protein in the product.
