Fertik fertilizer: application, varieties, reviews

Content

1 Features of the mineral complex
2 Types of mineral preparation
3 Review
4 Conclusion

Unfortunately, not all lands in Russia are rich in black soil and fertile - most of the farmland is located on poor, 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 downright scary. Mineral complexes are much more accessible, which are more pleasant to use and are much cheaper in price. One of the most popular complex fertilizers is Fertika, which appeared on the agricultural market quite recently - just six years ago.

A detailed description of Fertik 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, it’s just that the fertilizer was previously produced by the Kemira company, and under this name it entered the Russian market.

Attention! Initially, the mineral complex was produced exclusively in Finland; today the company’s production facilities are located in Russia, but the raw materials remain Finnish.

The composition of Fertik fertilizer fully complies with European requirements and quality standards. The most important thing is that the mineral complex does not contain chlorine or its derivatives, so it is less toxic and safer for human health.

It is necessary to use Fertika throughout the entire spring-autumn season, because without proper care nothing but weeds will grow on the 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 microelements.

Fertika 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.

Important! The packaging of Fertika depends on the type of fertilizer. Private households usually use small bags of dry granules that weigh from 25 to 100 grams. Liquid Fertika, produced in plastic bottles, is consumed more economically.

Each type of Fertika has its own instructions for use, which precisely 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 Fertika granules or concentrate in water, and watering root crops, vegetables and trees with the resulting composition directly at the root. There is another option for using mineral fertilizer, when granules are mixed with soil. This method is convenient to use when preparing the substrate for seedlings of vegetables or flowers, as well as before the autumn digging of soil in the beds and 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, this is the only way the fertilizer can be absorbed by the roots of the plants.

Types of mineral preparation

Depending on which crops need feeding with minerals and trace elements, farmers must 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 may differ significantly.

Depending on the needs of a particular crop, the rest of the Fertik fertilizer composition also changes: it may contain additives of iron, sulfur, zinc, manganese, boron and other microelements.

Advice! To get an excellent harvest of fruit and berry or vegetable crops, or to achieve abundant and long flowering of ornamental plants, good growth of coniferous and garden trees, stable green lawns, you need to choose a Fertika that is suitable for specific conditions.

Fertika-Lux

The most popular fertilizer from the Fertika line, but also one of the most expensive. Lux is packaged in small sachets of 25-100 grams and is used very economically - just a teaspoon of the drug per bucket of water is enough.

Fertika-Lux is optimal for flowering and vegetable crops, which is why summer residents and gardeners love it most. Reviews about the use of Fertika Lux are the most positive; the only drawback of this fertilizer is its high cost.

Attention! The composition of this Fertika is very balanced: maximum doses of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, important trace elements such as iron, boron, manganese, zinc.

Considering the high cost of Fertika Lux fertilizer, it is recommended to combine this drug with more affordable ones. The use of Fertika-Lux fertilizer is most relevant in the following cases:

When growing vegetables or flowers in greenhouse conditions to increase yield and shorten the growing season.
For feeding indoor and balcony flowers for more abundant and longer flowering.
For processing flowers during budding, in order to enhance the brightness of the 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 stimulator for seedlings of vegetables and flowers.

Advice! In order to save fertilizer, it is recommended to use Fertika for foliar feeding - spraying leaves and bushes.

Crystalon

Kristalon Fertika is a cheaper analogue of Lux. They were able to reduce the cost of this fertilizer by reducing the dosage of active ingredients such as potassium, phosphorus and iron. But Crystallon has added magnesium, which is not present at all in Lux.

Fertilizers with magnesium are especially important for sandy soils and soils with high acidity - this is where it is recommended to use Fertika Kristalon. A lack of magnesium has a bad effect on vegetable crops such as tomatoes, beets, eggplants, and potatoes.

Fertika Kristalon is packaged in larger packages, weighing from 20 to 800 grams.

Station wagon

Fertika Universal 2, judging by the name, is suitable for almost all plants (vegetables, fruits, berries, flowering plants, conifers and ornamental plants). It is necessary to use a universal complex fertilizer at the beginning of the season; this Fertika is called “spring-summer”.

Important! There is also Fertika Universal Finnish, which doubles the potassium content. This fertilizer is best suited for cucumbers, berries and peat soils.

It is necessary to use Universal before the middle of the season. Fertilizer is applied by simply scattering it over the surface of the soil. Subsequently, Fertika granules will be absorbed into the soil, gradually dissolving during watering and natural precipitation. Another method of fertilizing is adding granules of the drug before spring digging or directly into the hole during the process of planting seedlings.

Autumn

This type of Fertika is very similar in composition and purpose to Universal, but it is recommended to use it in the second half of the season - that is, before winter. The amount of nitrogen in the Autumn Fertilizer is greatly reduced, but there is twice as much potassium and phosphorus.

Absolutely any soil can be enriched with Autumn Fertika; the fertilizer is excellent for all plants and crops.

Advice! It is necessary to apply the Autumn preparation directly into the soil, scattering granules before digging the beds or simply distributing them evenly over the surface of the ground.

Floral

This fertilizer is designed for annual and perennial flowers, as well as bulbous plants. As a result of using Flower Fertika, 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 planting (in the ground or in a planting hole);
a couple of weeks after planting flowers in a permanent place;
in the process of budding.

Attention! Fertilizer is simply scattered near the roots of the flowers.

Lawn

Complex mineral fertilizer in granules intended for lawn grasses. The action of this Fertika is prolonged (which allows you to reduce the number of fertilizing), the ratio of all macro and microelements is ideally balanced.

Lawn fertilizer helps:

rapid regrowth of mowed grass;
increasing the density of lawn grasses;
minimizing the risk of moss and weed;
color intensity of lawn grass.

Packaging with such Fertika can be very voluminous - up to 25 kg.

Coniferous

This fertilizer is intended for evergreen and coniferous plants. There are two types of such Fertika - spring and summer. They are introduced accordingly 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).

Review

Victor Pavlovich

The first time I bought Fertika Lux in a seed store, the seller recommended it to me. I needed this kind of fertilizer to grow eggplant, sweet pepper and tomato seedlings. I can say with confidence that the effect of Fertika is obvious: the seeds germinate better and faster, all the seedlings turn out healthy and strong. I use Lux only three times a season: the first portion of fertilizer is mixed with the substrate for vegetable seedlings, the second time I dissolve half a tablespoon in a bucket of water and water the picked seedlings with this solution, and add a few granules to the soil when transplanting plants into the garden bed. By the way, autumn is also a good time to use mineral fertilizers, but I advise you to purchase a special Autumn Fertilizer.

Conclusion

The Finnish drug 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, every farmer will find the mineral complex he needs.

There are many varieties of Fertika: from universal preparations to narrowly targeted ones (for potatoes, for coniferous plants or for flowers, for example). The main advantage of Finnish fertilizer is the complete absence of chlorine and other highly toxic elements.