Phosphorus (P)

What is phosphorus fertilizer?

Phosphorus is involved in the vital processes of humans, animals and plants: it's 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, and it is in these bonds that all living beings store their energy in the form of ATP(AdenosineTri-Phosphate). It is at the heart of the energy metabolism of all living beings: plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc

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 the case of phosphorus-deficient plants in phosphorus, the plant slows down or ceases all growth (dwarfism), in extreme cases to the point of death. Hence the extreme importance of phosphorus supply via the roots.

Phosphorus is usually found in rock in totally unusable forms. Plants feed mainly on phosphorus from soil organic matter or mineral fertilizers.

The phosphorus (_P2O5 ) shown on the labels of your fertilizer bottles is a molecule that does not exist in nature or in fertilizers; it is in fact a simple unit of measurement. Phosphorus is extracted by plants in ionic form (^HPO42- ), present in very small quantities in the soil solution. It's all about solubilizing phosphorus to make it available to the plant in your intensive crops.

Plants sensitive to phosphorus deficiency

Sensitive plants: vegetables, fruit, climbing strawberries, falling strawberries, vegetables of all kinds, beans, peas, beet, potatoes, flowering plants and fruit trees.

How to correct a phosphorus deficiency?

Acidic and alkaline environments make it difficult for plants to assimilate phosphorus. Cold and damp are also aggravating factors in phosphorus deficiency. Apply humic amendments such as manure, or growth and flowering stimulators such ashumic acid and fulvic acid booster from platinium nutrientsthis corrects the pH , provides the soil with assimilable phosphorus and lightens (for better root development) and drains the soil. To complete the picture, add fish meal, bone meal or rock phosphate (for acid soils).

To learn more 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 on mycorrhizae in our section on growing tips and information on growing plants indoors, such as growing in a cupboard or a grow room, as well as hydroponics or aeroponics. Indoor growing is our specialty, and we've been leading the way since 2002 in France and Europe.

New biological solutions exist to optimize the increasingly expensive supply of phosphorus, and yes, phosphorus is one of the most expensive raw materials on the fertilizer market. Certain micro-organisms (bacteria, beneficial mycorrhizae-type fungi such as monster X by platinium, trichoderma fungi such as hazrnium or invasion T by platinium, try bascilius IT45 beneficial fungi by platinium, etc.) can be used as fertilizers 420 hydroponics with ROOTSHOOT bascilius), true links between soil and plant, solubilize phosphorus and make it bio-available. They do not, however, replace phosphorus inputs, which are still needed to balance crop exports, but these solutions optimize the resources already present or provided by phosphate fertilization.

And beware: too high a dose of phosphorus destroys the bacteria in your soil, so you'll need a little more if you use a high dose of phosphorus, and reintroduce bacteria over the weeks in your different stages of soil or hydroponic cultivation. Hydroponics holds no more secrets for your indoor cultivation growshop for your indoor cultivation.