A great diversity of both of these categories exists. While comparing them, care must be taken in the evaluation of chemical and biological characteristics of each individual product before making any conclusion on their efficacity.
As chemical fertilizers are not produced out of living organisms and are synthetic substances, their action on soils and plants is predictable and do not vary much.
It is more difficult to evaluate the results of biofertilizers. As they provide a wider range of nutrients than chemical fertilizers, are manufactured through different processes, and have different raw materials, their efficiency can differ greatly from one to another.
The effectiveness will depend on the raw materials used (biodiversity of organic elements) to create the mix, and the process applied to convert them into organic fertilizers.
The comparisons below differenciate conventional chemicals (urea, basic compound NPK fertilizers) from bio-products elaborated through high quality standards and a diverse blend of organics.
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Increases over time. Provides several beneficial elements necessary for microorganisms´ development, improving humus and yield. |
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Decreases over time. The loss of humus, due to acidity and salinity augmentation, impact on the plants´yield. |
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Price |
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Raw materials used come from renewable sources, leading to stable prices.
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Depend on fossil fuels (nitrogen) and mining (phosphorous, potassio), leading to price inflation as these supply sources diminish. |
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Improve the soil’s ecosystem, making plants more healthy and resistant.
By enriching humus, tend to ameliorate fruits health and quality.
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Eliminate the soil’s natural ecosystem, making plants more stressed and vulnerable to diseases and pests.
May affect fruits´ health and quality. For instance citrus trees tend to yield fruits lower in vitamin C when treated with high nitrogenous fertilizers. |
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Nutrients |
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In addition to N-P-K, supply the ground with minerals, vitamins, hormones, amino acids. Enrich soil’s micro-ecosystem.
Their high levels of mineralization help the plant absorb the necesary elements otherwise unattainable. |
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Poor in nutrients others than N-P-K. Decrease soil’s biodiversity.
Poor mineralization degree. They do not help the plant decompose the nutritive elements present in the organic matter into accessible forms. |
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| Application Risk |
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| No over-supply risk. Being composed of organic materials and fermented anaerobically, our biofertilizers do not have toxic effects. |
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| Toxic in high doses. When over-supplied with nitrogen, soil’s acidity and salinity increases, eliminating humus and softening plant tissues, making them less resistant and healthy. |
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Product Wasting |
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Nutrients are 100% assimilated by the plant. The elements that are not immediately assimilated, are stored in the ground until future absortion and need. No product waste. |
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High product waste. Their components quickly evaporate and leach, before the plant has time to absorbe them. For example, urea can lose up to 80% of its nitrogen after application. |
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Application decreases over time as soil’s fertility improves. Dependence to external supply of nutrients diminishes. |
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Tend to increase as soil’s fertility diminishes. Dependence to chemicals strengthens, inceasing soil damages and fertilizing costs.
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| Soil’s Ecosystem |
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| With a pH close to 7.0, our organic fertilizers stabilize the soil’s acidity, increasing microorgsnisms growth, improving soil’s ecosystem.
Favor mycorrhizae and rhizobia development.
Ameliorate soil’s structure, improving resistance to negative conditions.
By favoring microorganisms development, they help humus regenerate after continuous use of chemicals.
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| Lead to a rise of acidity and salinity, causing ground chemical imbalance, killing many microorganisms living within it. In the long term, the natural ecosystem (source of nutrients) disappears and is replaced by chemicals products.
Reduce the colonization of the plant’s roots with mycorrhizae (responsible for uptaking phosphate, zinc, and other micro-nutrients), and rhizobia (responsible for fixing atmospheric nitrogen), preventing the natural assimilation of these elements.
Diminish resistance to drought, high temperatures, toxins, high pH levels, and protections against root pathogens.
Excessive use can destroy soil’s composition to a point where microorganisms are unable to regenerate naturally. |
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Organic fertilizers components do not evaporate or leach. They have no contamination effect.
Our biofertilizers are produced with clean, renewable energies.
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Contaminate atmosphere, soil, and water through evaporation and leaching.
Chemical fertilizers production require high energy consumption, and are made out of non-renewable, polluting energies. |
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