What is natural Chilean nitrate ?
Natural Chilean Nitrate is natural sodium nitrate from Chile (In other countires natural sodium nitrate can be found as well). Natural Chilean Nitrate is derived from caliche, a nitrogenous rock found in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It contains nitrogen as its main plant nutrient and a series of secondary and trace nutrients. It is granulated and can be broadcasted, drilled or used as a side-dress. Natural Chilean Nitrate has been used as a fertilizer for more then 100 years and is currently authorized (on a regulated status) in organic agriculture in the USA (NOP (National Organic Program), USDA, National List of Allowed and prohibited Substances. • 6. Does NSN increase the nitrate accumulation in the crop ? No, because taking into account the [recent] evolution in agriculture practices, particularly for N fertilization and even more when nitrate is used only to cover certain critical crop needs as a complementary fertilizer and not as a unique N source, nitrate accumulation
