The Benefits of Using Zeolite for Agriculture

Zeolite was first discovered by Cronstedt in 1756, according to some geochemists and scientists estimate that zeolite is the result of the condensation of volcanoes into volcanic rock, transformative rock, and sedimentary rock. Zeolites are alumina-silica crystals containing K+ (Potassium), Na+ (Sodium), Ca2+ (calcium), and Mg2+ (Magnesium) cations, while synthetic zeolites usually only contain K+ (calcium), and Na+ (Sodium). ). Zeolite has an active side that is negatively charged which can bind charge balancing cations. Zeolite has a hollow structure or pores, usually, this cavity is widely used as an adsorbent, filter, natural cation exchanger, and used as a catalyst.

First, zeolite has been popular since 1950 until now, Previously zeolite was a green stone and only used as decoration on walls, but as human civilization developed more and more sophisticated, the use of zeolite is also growing in various fields, especially in agriculture, usually the farmers use zeolites to maintain soil moisture, but not only that, there are several benefits of zeolites for agriculture, including:

1. Zeolites can improve soil conditions, ranging from physical, chemical, biological soil conditions, exchange cations in the soil, and improve soil aggregation,- so that the soil pores will increase.

2. The content of micro and macro elements contained in zeolite can increase the nutrient content of plants. because natural zeolite is a type of mineral or compound composed of hydrated silica (SiO2) with sodium (Na), potassium (K), and barium (Ba) cations, while synthetic zeolites usually contain potassium (K+) and sodium (Na+) compounds. has unique properties such as filtering or separating molecules based on molecular size and configuration, easy to modify, reusable, and non-toxic, so it is very good to be used as an adsorbent material as well as a natural exchange material.

3. Zeolites can reduce the solubility of Fe (iron) and Al (aluminum) ions, thereby reducing heavy metal poisoning in plants, this is supported by the unique properties of zeolites such as filters or separating molecules based on molecular size and configuration, easy to modify, can reusable, and non-toxic, so it is very good to be used as an adsorbent material as well as a natural exchange material. So that the zeolite can absorb the content of (Fe) Ferrum which is quite effective.

4. release the nutrients needed by plants regularly and longer, because zeolite has a hollow structure that can absorb the elements needed by plants. For example, in the efficiency of fertilization (N) Nitrogen with the addition of zeolite can absorb the ammonium released by the fertilizer. If the nitrate in the soil decreases, the ammonium that has been absorbed by the zeolite will be released back into the soil. With that, (N) nitrogen that has been given to the soil can be available for a longer time. The comparison is if fertilization (N) nitrogen does not use zeolite, the nitrate will quickly change.

5. Zeolite can be used as a Plant Growing Media as well as being useful for minimizing the loss of fertilizer carried by water, and can eliminate odors. The advantages of zeolite in various fields have been described in the previous article. If you don’t mind check out our full article on the Nusagri blog.

Effect of Mixing Zeolites with Compost to Improve Soil Quality

Zeolites are known for their advantage on numerous aspect. They are utilized in numerous things incorporate restorative, car, and horticulture. In farming, characteristic zeolites have been utilized as feed added substance, water conditioner, soil conditioner, and in any event, for developing vehicle for hydroponics. Ranchers utilized zeolite in light of current circumstances. It could enable their plants to have more supplements or tie substantial metals that cause terrible impact on fish, or decreasing smelling salts creation from creature dung.

Advantage of normal zeolite in agribusiness have been referenced in our article previously. If you don’t mind check our article about Uses of Zeolite in Agriculture, and check our full articles at Nusagri’s Blog. In this article, we will examine about zeolite application in manure for plants. The conversation included properties of zeolite and how zeolite influence the development of plants.

Characteristic Zeolite joined well of lava ejection. Geochemists and mineralogists gauge that zeolites are the result of solidified volcanoes into volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks and transformative rocks which in this manner experience enduring because of the impact of warmth and cold so zeolite minerals in the end shaped.

Compost has long been known as an organic fertilizer which is very important for soil fertility. Long before chemical fertilizers were used, farmers used food scraps mixed with manure as compost. The emergence of chemical fertilizers makes farmers reluctant to use compost because chemical fertilizers are far more practical and efficient. However, excessive use of chemical fertilizers without compost coupled with it turns out to have side effects reduce the ability of the soil to support plant growth. Soil tends to get harder and soil pH decreases. Improvements in technology for making chemical fertilizers also have a negative impact by reducing or even eliminating levels of micro elements that are important for plants.

 

The negative effects of chemical fertilizers have encouraged agricultural experts in developed countries to start advocating for the use of compost as a substitute for chemical fertilizers and contributors to organic matter in the soil. Compost contains more diverse types of nutrients including micro nutrients such as copper, iron, zinc, and manganese. The amount of soil organic matter continues to decrease due to the decomposition process. To maintain the amount in the soil it is necessary to add organic material from the outside, for example by the entry of fallen leaves into the soil. However, the process is very slow, especially on land that is used for intensive agriculture. So the addition of compost to agricultural land is an effective way to maintain soil organic matter content. Compost contains more diverse types of nutrients including micro nutrients such as copper, iron, zinc, and manganese.

The problem that arises from the use of compost is that the low content of nutrients causes the addition of compost as a source of nutrients requires very large amounts. To offset one kilogram of urea, for example, it takes about 20 kilograms of animal manure compost. That is also the availability of nitrogen isn’t as fast as urea fertilizer. In addition, the nitrogen in compost easily evaporates into the atmosphere causing a foul odor and leaching of nitrogen through rain water. More than half of the nitrogen contained in chicken manure is lost to the atmosphere if the composting process is carried out for more than 2 months in the open air.2 To improve nitrogen efficiency in animal manure, reducing nitrogen loss is an important effort both in terms of economic and environmental aspects. For the above purpose, zeolites which have the ability to absorb nitrogen are expected to reduce nitrogen loss while reducing foul odors.

Thank you for reading our article. Keep in touch with Nusagri to get more information about zeolite. Nusagri.co.id is the pioneer in exploitation and processing of zeolite minerals in Indonesia used in Agricultural and multi sectors. Nusagri exported tons of zeolite for many countries including India and Malaysia. Please check our website and social media for further information about zeolite.

Zeolite as Soil Enhancer

Zeolites are known for their advantage on numerous angles. They are utilized in numerous things to incorporate restorative, car, and horticulture. In agribusiness, common zeolites have been utilized as feed added substance, water conditioner, soil conditioner, for industries, for hydroponics, and in any event. Ranchers utilized zeolite in light of current circumstances. It could enable their plants to have more supplements or tie substantial metals that cause an awful impact on fish, or diminishing alkali creation from creature excrement.

Zeolite is one of the natural soil cleaners, but it is not yet widely known and used by farmers. The zeolite soil improvement is one of the technological innovations that is proven to be technically able to repair soil damage and increase crop yields, and even reduce the amount of inorganic fertilizer.

Zeolite is a stone that contains common minerals produced using aluminum silicate which is hydrated by soluble base metals and basic earth. Characteristic Zeolite joined fountain of liquid magma emission. Geochemists and mineralogists gauge that zeolites are the result of solidified volcanoes into volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks and changeable rocks which along these lines experience enduring because of the impact of warmth and cold with the goal that zeolite minerals in the end framed.These rocks are gray to bluish in color. Mineralogists state that zeolites contain more than 30 natural minerals, such as Natrolite, Thomsonite, Analytes, Hendalites, Clinoptilotites and Mordernites. Clinoptilotite and Mordernite types are often used in agriculture and have been proven can increase the availability of nitrogen in the soil.

Zeolite as a soil enhancer is a mineral of a hydrated aluminosilicate compound with a hollow structure and contains interchangeable alkali cations. Zeolite as a fixer given into the soil in accordance with the recommended dosage can improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil, so that agricultural production can be increased. The characteristic of zeolite as a mineral that has a three-dimensional structure, is negatively charged, and has pores filled with K, Na, Ca, Mg and H2O ions, thus allowing ion exchange and water release back and forth.

In its use as a soil amendment material, zeolite used must meet several requirements such as zeolite mineral content of at least 50%, cation exchange capacity of at least 100 meq / 100g, minimum water content of 10% and grain size ± 40-80 mesh. Cation exchange capacity is a parameter The main factor in determining the soil’s ability to bind (preserve) fertilizer is given. Cation Exchange Capacity is the amount of metal ion which can be absorbed by a maximum of 1 g of zeolite in equilibrium conditions. Cation exchange capacity of zeolites usually varies from 1.5 to 6 meq / g. As a soil amendment material, the amount of zeolite given to the soil is around 10-20 tons / ha. A very large amount for soils that have very low Cation Exchange Capacity such as sandy soils, podsolic soils, and oxisol soils.

Application of zeolite in agricultural land can be done by directly spreading to the ground or it can also be mixed with fertilizer first. Zeolite can be mixed with urea fertilizer in a ratio of 1: 1 to increase fertilizing efficiency. Another way is to mix zeolite with compost before fertilizer composting. Zeolite can improve the quality of compost and can reduce the smell of compost during the decomposition process. The amount of zeolite given is between 10-30% compost material. Also, it is better to use zeolite using a mixture of zeolite of fine and coarse size so that the effect is getting better and its durability is longer.

The use of zeolite has been applied to rice plants. From the experiments conducted, this zeolite can save fertilizer use up to 30% of the dose given without reducing rice production. Even for 3 consecutive seasons farmers no longer use P fertilizer), but only give zeolites only. The use of zeolites in agricultural land is like feeding plants with their containers. So if the soil is fertilized with the addition of zeolite, then zeolite is the container and fertilizer is the food. Thus fertilizer given to plants will always be available and durable because it is not scattered everywhere. Thus, the ability of zeolites to preserve fertilizer can save fertilizer costs.

That’s all of our article today. The conclusion is zeolite can be used as soil enhancer and also for fertilizer additive. Using zeolite with fertilizer will increase the efficiency of fertilizing process. It also improve productivity from plants.Thank you for reading our article. Keep in touch with Nusagri to get more information about zeolite. Nusagri.co.id is the pioneer in exploitation and processing of zeolite minerals in Indonesia used in Agricultural and multi sectors. Nusagri exported tons of zeolite for many countries including India and Malaysia. Please check our website and social media for further information about zeolite.

Nusagri Zeolite As Agricultural Purpose

Benefit Of Nusagri Natural Zeolite From Indonesia for plant :

  • leaf greener, stronger stem and higher production
  • to decrease fertilizer application and improve its effectiveness
  • increase P elements available for plant
  • to neutralize soil pH
  • assist to provide micro elements
  • to eliminate poisons elements for plant
  • to improve silicate content of soil

How does AGRO-LITE works in Agriculture

In regular Urea application, only 29-45 % that could be exploited by
plant, the rest is cleaned or steamed. Because of its high Cation Exchange
Capacity, using AGRO-LITE could decrease Urea dosage and improve its
effectiveness.

AGRO-LITE
also improve P elements available for plant, by its nature of ion exchange P
elements that bounded in soil could be released to make it available for plant.
Thereby the usage P fertilizer could be deducted.

Solve the Problem of Silica & Micro Nutrition

Result of research showed that rice field in Indonesia have a
problem in silica deficiency, though silica is a useful element and can make
satisfied to the human after eating rice. The problems follow also by
increasing of Fe, Al, and Mn in soil, which dangerous for plant when the
elements are over.

That matters are resulted because of highly intensive application of N,P, and K fertilizer and also use prime seed varieties. By AGRO-LITE intake will increase the silica content in the soil and poison elements could be neutralized. Even the microelements will more available for plant. Beside that, because the basic substance of AGRO-LITE is high alkalinity, it has effect for pH neutralizer on soil with low pH.

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