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Unfortunately, not all lands in Our Country are rich in black earth and fertile – most of the farm land is located on scarce, depleted soils. But everyone wants good harvests! So agrarians, farmers and summer residents have to enrich their lands artificially, using fertilizers for these purposes. Organic fertilizers are very effective, but finding them today is a problem, and the cost is frankly frightening. Mineral complexes are much more affordable, which are more pleasant to use, and come out much cheaper at a price. One of the most popular complex fertilizers is Fertika, which appeared on the agricultural market quite recently – only six years ago.
A detailed description of Fertik’s fertilizer, its composition and instructions for use will be presented in this article. It will also talk about the types of this mineral complex and the features of using each of them.
Features of the mineral complex
In fact, domestic farmers have been using Fertika for a very long time, just before the fertilizer was produced by the Kemira company, under this name it entered the market.
The composition of Fertik’s fertilizer fully complies with European requirements and quality standards. Most importantly, the mineral complex does not contain chlorine and its derivatives, so it is less toxic and safer for human health.
It is necessary to use Fertik throughout the spring-autumn season, because without proper care, nothing but weeds will grow on scarce land. Therefore, gardeners and summer residents fertilize their beds several times a year, monitoring the condition of the plants and feeding them with the necessary trace elements.
Fertik fertilizer is suitable not only for vegetable crops. The manufacturer’s line includes specially selected complexes:
- for indoor and outdoor flowers;
- for evergreen lawns;
- coniferous and fruit trees;
- for root crops (including potatoes);
- berry crops;
- for vegetable plants and their seedlings.
Fertik mineral fertilizer is produced in several forms: in small colored granules and in the form of a concentrated liquid solution. Both compositions are water-soluble, that is, in order to saturate the soil with microelements, you first need to dissolve the fertilizer in water.
Each type of Fertika has its own instructions for use, which accurately indicate the proportions of the drug and the recommended time for its application (during flowering, budding, in the phase of fruit formation or the appearance of the first shoots).
Typically, the manufacturer recommends dissolving Fertiki’s granules or concentrate in water, and watering root crops, vegetables and trees directly under the root with the resulting composition. There is another option for using mineral fertilizers, when the granules are mixed with the soil. This method is convenient to use during the preparation of the substrate for seedlings of vegetables or flowers, as well as before the autumn digging of the earth in the beds and in the garden.
In this case, the required amount of Fertika is simply scattered over the surface of the soil, after which the soil is dug up or mixed with other components of the planting mixture. An important condition for the “dry” use of Fertika is regular moderate watering, only in this way the fertilizer can be absorbed by the roots of plants.
Varieties of the mineral preparation
Depending on which crops need to be fed with minerals and microelements, farmers should choose a specific type of Fertika. Each of the drugs necessarily contains such important elements as magnesium, potassium, sodium, nitrogen and phosphorus, but their dosage can vary significantly.
Depending on the needs of a particular crop, the rest of the composition of the Fertik fertilizer also changes: there may be additives of iron, sulfur, zinc, manganese, boron and other trace elements.
Fertika-Lux
The most popular fertilizer from the Fertiki line, but also one of the most expensive. Lux is packaged in small bags of 25-100 grams, it is consumed very sparingly – a teaspoon of the drug is enough for a bucket of water.
Fertika-Lux is optimal for flowering and vegetable crops, so summer residents and gardeners love it the most. Feedback on the use of Fertiki Lux is the most positive, the only drawback of this fertilizer is its high cost.
Given the high cost of Fertik Lux fertilizer, it is recommended to combine this drug with more affordable ones. The use of Fertika-Lux fertilizer is most relevant in such cases:
- When growing vegetables or flowers in greenhouse conditions to increase yields and reduce the growing season.
- For top dressing of indoor and balcony flowers for more abundant and long flowering.
- For processing flowers during the budding period, in order to enhance the brightness of colors.
- For feeding vegetable crops after planting in a permanent place, in order to increase the number of ovaries and improve rooting.
- As a growth stimulant for seedlings of vegetables and flowers.
Crystalon
Crystalon Fertika is a cheaper analogue of Lux. They were able to achieve a reduction in the cost of this fertilizer by reducing the dosage of active ingredients such as potassium, phosphorus and iron. On the other hand, magnesium has been added to Crystalon, which Lux does not have at all.
Fertilizers with magnesium are especially important for sandy soils and soils with high acidity – this is where Fertika Crystalon is recommended. Lack of magnesium has a bad effect on vegetable crops such as tomatoes, beets, eggplant, potatoes.
Fertika Kristalon is packaged in larger packages, weighing from 20 to 800 grams.
Universal
Fertika Universal 2, already judging by the name, is suitable for almost all plants (vegetable, fruit, berry, flowering, coniferous and ornamental). It is necessary to use a universal complex fertilizer at the beginning of the season, this Fertika is called “spring-summer”.
It is necessary to use the Universal until the middle of the season. Fertilizer is applied by simply scattering it on the surface of the soil. Subsequently, Fertiki’s granules will be absorbed into the soil, gradually dissolving during irrigation and natural precipitation. Another way to fertilize is to add granules of the drug before spring digging or directly into the hole in the process of planting seedlings.
Autumn
This type of Fertiki is very similar in composition and purpose to the Universal, but it is recommended to use it in the second half of the season – that is, before winter. As part of the Autumn fertilizer, the amount of nitrogen is greatly reduced, but there is twice as much potassium and phosphorus.
Absolutely any soil can be enriched with Autumn Fertika, fertilizer is great for all plants and crops.
Floral
This top dressing is designed for annual and perennial flowers, as well as bulbous plants. As a result of using the Flower Fertik, the size of the inflorescences increases, their color becomes more saturated and bright.
It is necessary to apply fertilizer for flowers no more than three times per season:
- during the planting period (in the ground or in the planting hole);
- a couple of weeks after planting flowers in a permanent place;
- during the budding process.
lawn
Complex mineral fertilizer in granules for lawn grasses. The action of this Fertika is prolonged (which allows you to reduce the number of top dressings), the ratio of all macro and microelements is perfectly balanced.
Lawn fertilizer helps:
- rapid growth of cut grass;
- increase the density of lawn grasses;
- minimizing the risk of moss and weeds;
- lawn grass color intensity.
Packaging with such Fertik can be very voluminous – up to 25 kg.
Coniferous
This fertilizer is intended for evergreen and coniferous plants. There are two types of such Fertiki – spring and summer. They are introduced, respectively, during the planting process and throughout the season.
The action of Coniferous fertilizer is based on increasing the pH level, so it can also be used for other plants that prefer acidic soils (blueberries, rhododendrons, azaleas and others).
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Conclusion
The Finnish preparation Fertika is one of the best fertilizers on the modern agricultural market, meeting all European standards and norms. In the product line of this company, each farmer will find the mineral complex he needs.
There are many varieties of Fertiki: from universal preparations to narrowly focused ones (for potatoes, for coniferous plants or for flowers, for example). The main advantage of the Finnish fertilizer is the complete absence of chlorine and other highly toxic elements.
