DPCI has a complete range of 100% soluble fertilizer products, developed to fulfill the requirements of the most demanding producers and consumers. Our products supply vegetables, flowers and plants with optimum nutrient levels. With DPCI both crop yields and quality are optimized.
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Crops require a number of mineral elements for growth:
--> Three essential elements: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)
--> Two secondary elements: sulphur (S) and magnesium (Mg)
--> Numerous trace elements such as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), boron (Bo) and manganese (Mn)
--> Phosphorus and calcium, which are as important for soil structure as for plant nutrition.
If any of these essential elements is lacking, plant growthand yield are threatened. That's why our fertilisers are so vital: they ensure a balanced diet at every stage of plant development.
There are mainly three types of fertilizers
1) Water Soluble Fertilizer
2) Micro Nutrients
3) Soil Conditioner
The roles of Phosphorus and Nitrogen
Phosphate is a basic component of DNA, the material which carries genetic information in cell chromosomes. It is also a component of the cell walls through which nutrient exchange takes place. In addition, phosphorus plays a role in the capture and transportation (by phosphate molecules) of solar energy and hydrogen in water during photosynthesis. It also activates cell multiplication and root gRawth, and promotes early development of crops. Nitrogen plays an essential role in the creation of living matter from mineral matter. In cell protoplasm it is combined with other basic elements to form nitrogenous organic substances (proteins). It is one of the components of chlorophyll, which controls the fundamental process of photosynthesis. In nature, nitrogen is abundantly present in two states:
--> in its free state it makes up 4/5 of air
--> in a combined state, in mineral (ammoniac, nitrate) or organic form.