How much ammonium nitrate to apply?

Svetka

I bought myself ammonium nitrate and thought about fertilizing my plants. But there is something written on the packaging that is not very clear, how to dilute it and what is the rate for applying this fertilizer to the soil. I wouldn’t want to ruin my plants with extra doses. Anyone who has come across this fertilizer, teach how to use it.

Why bother with this saltpeter? Buy ready-made fertilizer: peat, humus or something like that. I also understand when chemical fertilizers are used in fields where there are very large areas of land, and in small areas ammonium nitrate is not very practical.

If mineral fertilizers are applied according to the norm, then nothing will happen to the plants. You need to dilute a matchbox of ammonium nitrate with 10 liters of water. Plants are watered with this fertilizer during the growth period.

It is good to fertilize the soil with ammonium nitrate in the fall before digging, but in the summer you can dilute it in a small dose, approximately 1% solution, and water the plants at the root, otherwise it can burn the leaves.

It is better not to dilute saltpeter - it is very caustic, so to speak, you can burn the plants. It is introduced into the ground before digging. And for irrigation it is better to use urea.

I have never considered how much ammonium nitrate should be added.I just take a sprinkle and sprinkle it from the palm of my hand so that it is not too thick and not too little. And such a dosage was always enough.

At home, we never water the plants with saltpeter, unless we throw a little of it into the soil; in other cases, we mainly use natural fertilizers to make everything more natural.

Ammonium nitrate is a nitrogen fertilizer and we apply it after planting seedlings so that they grow well. After the tomatoes begin to bloom, we stop fertilizing with saltpeter. Usually, we dilute a tablespoon of fertilizer in a bucket of water.