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Fertilizer Numbers

February 17, 2010
Posted by Matthew King

Fertilizer numbers are becoming more and more confusing as an increasing array of chemicals, designed to solve every agricultural problem, floods the market. What do these fertilizer numbers mean? The numbers expressed on the label of a fertilizer are called the grade. The numbers refer to the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (known as NPK) contained in the product. For example, 8-8-8 signifies that the fertilizer contains eight percent nitrogen (N), eight percent potassium (K) by weight. So 100 pounds of an 8-8-8 fertilizer would contain eight pound each of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer 4-3-3, like chemical free products, is considered a “low analysis” fertilizer. Its guaranteed analysis provides that it contains four percent nitrogen (N), three percent phosphorus (P) and three percent potassium (K). AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer’s analysis is based on the fact that it contains absolutely no chemicals, which are normally added to boost the NPK level of a product. Does this mean AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer is less effective than a chemical fertilizer with a larger NPK designation? Absolutely not. In fact, testing has demonstrated that AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer is more effective than the chemical fertilizers it has been tested against.

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