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What is Fibrophos?
Fibrophos is an environmentally
friendly, renewable PK fertiliser
consisting of phosphate, potash,
sulphur, magnesium, calcium,
sodium and significant quantities
of essential trace elements
required by crops and grass
to achieve high yields.
What are the major benefits of
Fibrophos?
Fibrophos provides P&K in both
immediately available and long
lasting forms, providing available
plant nutrients throughout the
growing season and also
replenishes nutrients removed
to improve soil fertility.
Fibrophos recycles nutrients removed
from agriculture back into agriculture
so reduces amounts of nutrients
mined and the environmental costs
of transporting them.
The type of potash and magnesium
contained in balance reduces risk
of grass staggers. Fibrophos
contains calcium and sulphur,
so helps maintain pH & soil
structure, maximises the uptake
of nitrogen and improves protein
synthesis. Sodium will improve
the palatability of grass and help
maintain healthy pastures.
Trials have shown uptake of
magnesium better with Fibrophos
than where TSP and MOP applied.
How does it work?
It’s not a blend but it replaces
nutrients in the same ratio removed
by the growing crop. The immediate
effects are a big PK boost. Unlike
some other fertilisers there is a
longer term benefit with the release
of nutrients steadily over time,
building balanced, stable soil and
healthier, stronger crops.
How is Fibrophos produced?
It comes from predominantly deep
litter poultry manure from cereal
fed chickens, which is incinerated
at 850°C in biomass power stations,
producing a safe, pathogen free,
ash by-product which is conditioned
into a pure agronomically effective
fertiliser containing all the plant
nutrients (except nitrogen) which
were present in the poultry feed.
How long has Fibrophos been
produced?
For over two decades arable and
grassland farmers have seen the
benefits of Fibrophos and demand
grows year on year. Research has
confirmed that the phosphate and
potash in Fibrophos is as effective
as TSP and MOP and that secondary
and trace elements offer an
additional bonus. It works and
it works very well.