Fertilizer Computation

Example 1
 Ammonium Sulfate (AS) contains 21 percent
nitrogen. This means that 100 kilograms of this
nitrogen-carrying fertilizer contains 21 kilograms
of nitrogen. Calculate how much ammonium
sulfate is needed to supply 120 kilograms
nitrogen per hectare by using the formula,

Fertilizer needed =recommended rate (kg/ha) x100

% nutrient of the fertilizer
Thesame formula may be used
with any of the materials
containing nitrogen, phosphorous,
or potassium.
Activity 1
1. If one wants to apply 80 kilograms per
hectare of phosphorus as a single
superphosphate (0-20-0).
2. Compute for the number of kg of muriate
of potash (0-0-60) needed to fertilize 1
hectare using 0-0-60 recommendation.
How to calculate the percentage of
fertilizer elements from known amounts
of fertilizer materials?
Example
 Given a quantity of fertilizer with the following
composition, find the number of kilograms of
available N, P2O5 and K2O in the mixture.
 150 kg ammonium sulfate analyzing 21% N
 600 kg superphosphate analyzing 20% P2O5
 100 kg potassium chloride analyzing 60% K2O
 850 kg total weight
 To compute the weight of NPK:

Weight of nutrient = weight of fertilizer x % of nutrient

100

Kg of N?
Kg of pP2O5?
Kg of K2O?
How will you find the percentage of available
N, P2O5 and K2O in the whole mixture?

percentage of nutrient = weight of nutrient ×100

total weight of fertilizers

% of N?
% of P2O5?
% of K2O?