Will EnviroMax aid in the placement of fertilizer thus reducing fertilizer requirements?
EnviroMax has the ability to hold all three of the major nutrients as well as the minors and even most of the micro-nutrients as it un-winds into it’s fully expanded shape. The molecule is unique in that its strong “anionic” charge attracts or picks up the nutrients which are “cationically” charged and positions them in the soil at a spot that is easily accessed by the plants or feeder roots. Most of our work on cationic exchange rate was to establish the point at which the EnviroMax can attract the majority of the nutrients and yet release them to the plants on an as needed basis. In sandy soils it is reported that only about 11 to 15% of the Nitrogen is used because of the extreme solubility of the material. By contrast to this PO4 is so insoluble that it has no mobility, in this case the anionic polymers add movement to the material which again makes it more available to the plants. It is safe to say that it can reduce the fertilizer requirement by up to 50%.
