which fertilisers will you use.

The  types of fertilizers -

Inorganic and organic

Inorganic- 
Plants need nitrogen to survive. A basic assumption developed - to maintain plant health simply return to the soil what the plant removes.

With inorganic  fertilizers the following are identified as necessary for plant growth:

1. Primary nutrients - nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K)
2. Secondary nutrients - calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulfur (S)
3. Trace minerals) - boron (B), chlorine (Cl), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), zinc (Zn), and selenium (Se)

Organic-
organic fertilizer is used to refer to fertilizer that has gone through minimal processing, where nutrients are still found in their natural forms. This includes manure and compost, which you can prepare yourself, along with items which can be purchased.
Inorganic fertilizers generally refer to fertilizers that are synthetic or artificial, and generally are manufactured from petroleum products (yes, fertilizer that is made from crude oil).

In the last 60 to 70 years, a phenomenon has happened in farming in the USA. Farmers started using Inorganic Fertilizer instead of Organic Fertilizer. From that point we have seen a gradual worsening of soils, resulting in increased insect, disease and weed problems.

Inorganic Fertilizers are water soluble. They are minerals in concentrated form that are readily available to the plant. Unlike most organic fertilizers, they don’t need the help of the soil to break them down so the plant can utilize them. They only need the soil to hold them until the plant takes them in. Water soluble inorganic fertilizers do nothing to contribute to the health of the soil. So over time, soils become run down and diseased, and become ever more limited in the types of crops they will grow.

 Why Farmers Choose Inorganic Fertilizers-
Soils and plants need so many more nutrients than Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (also called NPK). But research has shown that it is these three that are the primary nutrients needed to produce bigger yields. To the farmer, with all the expenses involved in farming, coupled together with low crop prices, if he doesn’t produce larger yields, he never well won’t be able to make enough money to stay in business.

The issue of Organic vs. Inorganic Fertilizer is the same issue faced by human beings. Do we live a healthy lifestyle and eat nutritious foods, or do we indulge ourselves with empty calories and then count on drugs to save us from the consequences? Because inorganic fertilizers do not supply most of the micro-nutrients needed by the soil and plants, soils become out of balance, and disease, insect problems and weed problems multiply. To counter these, the inorganic farmer utilizes poisons (insecticides, pesticides, herbicides) to treat these symptoms. Of course, these are highly detrimental to the soil. Along with killing the bad, they also kill the many beneficial insects, algae, nematodes, flagellates, amoebae, ciliates, fungi and bacteria in the soil.

Now, so which type of fertiliser will you use after reading this article, comment downside-