Phosphorus (P)
What is phosphorus fertilizer?
Phosphorus is involved in the vital processes of humans, animals and plants: it is the missing link in DNA and RNA.
Phosphorus is essential for cell growth, pollen formation, root development, etc
Phosphorus creates extremely strong bonds with other atoms, it is in these bonds that all living beings store their energy in the form of ATP(Adenosine Tri-Phosphate), it is at the center of the energy metabolism of all living beings: plants, animals, bacteria, fungi ..
No phosphorus, no photosynthesis, :) "no arms, no chocolate", the plant can no longer use solar energy. It can no longer breathe or duplicate its genetic heritage.
In case of plants in deficiency in phosphorus, the plant slows down or stops growing (dwarfism), in the extreme until death. Hence the extreme importance of phosphorus supply via the roots.
Phosphorus is most often found in rocks in totally unusable forms. Plants feed themselves essentially with phosphorus from organic matter in the soil or from mineral fertilizers
Phosphorus (P2O5) written on your fertilizer bottle labels is a molecule that does not exist in its natural state or in fertilizers, it is in fact a simple unit of measurement. Phosphorus is taken by the plant in ionic form (HPO42- ) present in very small quantities in the soil solution. The key is to solubilize the phosphorus to make it available to the plant in your intensive crops.
Plants sensitive to phosphorus deficiencies
Sensitive plants: vegetables, fruit, climbing strawberry trees or falling strawberry trees, all kinds of vegetables, beans, peas, beets or potatoes, for example, flowering plants or fruit trees.
How to correct a phosphorus deficiency?
Acid and alkaline environments make it difficult for plants to assimilate phosphorus. Cold and humidity are also aggravating factors in phosphorus deficiencies. Apply humic amendments such as manure or growth and flowering stimulators such as platinium nutrients'humic acid and fulvic acid booster , the best range of fertilizers. This will correct the pH, provide the soil with assimilable phosphorus and lighten (for better root development) and drain the soil. To complete, add fish meal, bone meal or rock phosphate (for acidic soils).
To know about mycorrhizae, they allow the consumption of phosphorus available in the soil, but in forms initially not assimilated by plants, read below about mycorrhizae or read the chapter all about mycorrhizae in our section our advice and information related to the cultivation of plants indoors as the culture in closet or grow room, also the hydroponics or aeroponics, indoor growing is our specialty, indoor growing leader since 2002 in France and Europe
New biological solutions exist to optimize an increasingly expensive phosphorus supply and yes, phosphorus is one of the most expensive raw materials on the fertilizer market. Some micro-organisms (bacteria, beneficial fungi such as mycorrhizae (e.g. monster X from platinum), trichoderma fungi such as hazrnium or invasion T from platinum, try the beneficial fungi bascilius IT45 from 420 hydroponics with ROOTSHOOT bascilius), real links between soil and plant, solubilize phosphorus and make it bio available. But they do not replace phosphorus inputs that are still necessary to balance crop exports, but these solutions optimize the resources already present or provided via phosphate fertilization.
And be careful, too high a dose of phosphorus destroys the bacteria in your soil, so you will consume a little more in case of a high phosphorus dose by reintroducing bacteria over the weeks in your different stages of cultivation in soil or hydroponics. The hydroponics has no more secret for your indoor growshop for your indoor crops.
