Fertigation or Nutrigation

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Ahmed M Awed
Head of Research, Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Department

Fertigation or Nutrigation
) (Fertigation and/or Nutrigation
) (Irrigation water (Plant
) nutrients
.

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.
) (Fertigation
:
-1 .
-2 .
-3 .
-4 .
-5

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Nutrigation :
-1 ) (Nutrient availability.
-2 ) (Uptake efficiency Use Utilization
.
-3 .

-4 ).(losses by leaching
-5 ).(Salts
-6 ) (Soil compaction
.
-7
) (Nutrigation
:
-

}) {Q(t
.
}) {Q(t
.
) (FUE
). (Q/FUE
-
.

.

Fertigation

Intensive irrigated agriculture

) (
) (frequently and periodically
) (Adequate supply .
Fertigation .
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.
-2 .
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1 /
(NH4)2SO4
NO3NH4
) .(Cl-
K2SO4 KCl
KNO3 .K2HPO4

.
pH
pH )
( . pH 7.5

.
4

 pH HNO3
H3PO4
.
Leaching

.
(NH4)+
NO3
) (NH4
) .(NO3

. (NO3)- 25 ) (NH4
)
( pH
pH 7.5 .

.
Ca-P, Mg-P
H3PO4
.
10-5

pH
Ca-P .
%17
5

 %19
).(NH3

.1 .
/ 3

(50) 850 (20) 760

) 706 (NH4)2SO4(
(50)3440
)1183 NH4NO3( 1950
)(20
1193
(5) 780 (NH2)2CO
)(25
3760 (25)3410
1020 CaNO3
)(100
)(
) 133 KNO3( (50) 860 (20) 316
(50) 170 (20) 110
) 69 K2SO4(
) 280 KCl( (50) 430 (20) 347
(90) 835 (25) 330
- KH2PO4
- K2HPO4
) 227 NH4H2PO4(
) 429 (NH4)2HPO4(
- H3PO4
MgSO4.7H2O
FeSO4.7H2O
ZnSO4.7H2O
MnSO4.4H2O

1670
)(20
(20) 282
(10) 575
5480
)(25
(68) 710
156.5
(68) 965
1053

(50) 417
(70) 1060
-

:
1.40
0.715
1.66
0.603
2.29
0.436

CaO
Ca
MgO
Mg
P2O5
P

1.20
0.83
2.996
0.334

Ca
CaO
Mg
MgO
P
P2O5

K2O
K
SO4
S

K
K2O
S
SO4

 .2
.

%

4.88 20.5

33.5
3.0

2.17 46.5

15.5
6.7

60

5.26 19
5.88 17

1.94 51.5 9.10 12

1.82 55
5.13 19.5

15.5
6.7

2.17 46

1.62 85

48
2.1

1.64 61
7.7

13
2.27 44

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Nutrigation

Multi-K Potassium Nitrate Products

Multi-K advantages
Fully water-soluble
Consists of 100% plant macronutrients %100
Free of chloride, sodium and other detrimental elements for plants

Efficiently absorbed by plants

Wide-range compatibility with all types of fertilizers and agrochemicals

Non-volatile; easy to apply with no nitrogen losses to the atmosphere.

The presence of nitrate in Multi-K enables the plant to minimize its uptake of
chloride, whenever this deleterious anion is present in the soil solution or in the
irrigation water. This makes Multi-K a necessity for chloride-sensitive crops.

.

Crystalline products
For Nutrigation and foliar application*
*for high-K foliar nutrition, Bonus-npK is recommended
Multi-K Classic

13-0-46

Potassium nitrate

Special grades
Multi-K GG
Multi-K pHast
Multi-K Top

13.5-0-46.2
13.5-0-46.2
13.8-0-46.5

Greenhouse-grade potassium nitrate

Low-pH potassium nitrate
Hydroponics-grade potassium nitrate

Enriched products
Multi-NPK

Multi-K Mg

13-5-42
13-3-43
13-2-44
12-0-43+2MgO
11-0-40+4MgO
12-2-43+1MgO
12-2-42+2MgO
+0.5Mn
12-0-42+2MgO+0.2B

Potassium nitrate enriched with

phosphorus

Potassium nitrate enriched with

Magnesium

Potassium nitrate enriched with Zinc

Potassium nitrate enriched with
Sulfate
Potassium Nitrate enriched with
Boron
Potassium nitrate enriched with
magnesium and micronutrients

11-0-40+4Zn
12-0-43+2Zn

Multi-K Zn

12-0-46+4.5 SO3

Multi-K S

12-0-44+0.5 B

Multi-K B

12-0-43+Mg+ME

Multi-K ME

P2O5 H3PO4
1.6 /
%85
= )( )/( )(%
= 1360 = 0.85 1.6 1000
98 = (4 16) + 31 + 3 = H3PO4
98 31 P
1360 430 P
P2O5 985 = 2.2 430 = 2.2
:
1 1.6 / %85
430 = 985 P2O5
1 P2O5 1.015
1015 .
6.7 (
%15.5 .

%60

.
)
( .
:
= ) ( 100

 N P2O5 K2O .
20 : 20 : 20 100 20
20 20 .
1:1:1
24:24:6 .4:4:1
.

2 ) (.

.
%20.5
P2O5 % 15.5 . K2O %50 60
30 N 40 P2O5 .K2O
:
= )60 / 286 = 21 ( 100 /
= ) 30 / 193.5 = 15.5 (100 /
= ) 40 / 83.4 = 48 (100 /
2:1:1
100
) 67.7 =(15.5/21) (2/100
) 21.9 =(48/21) (2/100
)(
100:
= 189.6 =21.91 + 67.7 +100 21 10.5
P2O5 10.5 K2O 1:1:2
100 :
) 11.1 = 21 (189.6/100
) 5.53 = 10.5 (189.6/100 P2O5 .K2O
6:6:12

40 . %35
40
150 30 100
. NPK 52 33/
% 85 30 80 .
10

 -1
4200 0.4 * 2 *) 1.2/ 2016 = ( 3
-2
) /( = ) 30-40/( * 20160 = 2016/
= 20.16/
) /( = ) 100-150/( * 100800 = 2016/
= 100.8/
-3 %35
= 7.06 = (100/35) *20.16 /
= 35.3 = (100/35) * 100.8 /
-4
= 100/ 133 /
= 3.94 =7.06 11/ 6.84 = 7.06 13.9 /
= 113.7 = 35.3 -149/ 172.6 = 35.3-208 /
9 = 2.29 * 3.94 P * 2.29 = P2O5 / P2O5 33

15.7 = 2.29 * 6.84 / P2O5 52

136.5 = 1.2 * 113.7 K * 1.2 = K2O / K2O 33

207.1 = 1.2 * 172.6/ K2O 52
-5 /
166.25 = (80/100) * 133
133.9 = (80/100) *100
52.3 = (30/100) * 15.7
30 = (30/100) *9
243.6 =(85/100) * 207.1 160.6 =(85/100)* 136.5
1800 / 3
-6
- 33
)/ 133900 = (3/ 1800 :/3 = 74.4 / 3
)/ 30000 = (3/ 1800 :/3 = 16.7 / 3
)/ 160600 = (3/ 1800 :/3 = 89.2 / 3
- 52
)/ 166250 = (3/ 1800 :/3 = 92.4 / 3
)/ 52300 = (3/ 1800 :/3 = 29.05 / 3
)/ 243600 = (3/ 1800:/3 = 135.3 / 3
-7
11

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) * * *
/ (100 )(%
= /
22.23 = (33.5 / 100*1* (100/10000) *74.4) =N
1 3

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