Ammonia water is a highly effective fertilizer for grain and vegetable crops,
potatoes, beets, perennial herbs. In terms of impact on the crop, ammonia water is not inferior to solid ammonium-nitrate fertilizers, and in dry years it even surpasses them.
This is a solution of technical ammonia in water, with an alkaline reaction, in which the proportion of ammonia is at least 25%. Colorless or yellowish liquid with a sharp smell, containing 20-21% nitrogen.
Ammonia water can be used only in summer. Ammonia water is wrapped to a depth of 10-12 cm on loamy soils and 12-15 on sandy soils. Surface application of ammonia water is unacceptable. Ammonia water after nitrification of the ammonia form of nitrogen acidifies the soil. Ammonia water provides approximately the same increase in yield of all crops per unit of
fertilizer as
liquid ammonia, but is inferior to it in economic efficiency.
The nitrogen of ammonia water is better retained by the soil than the ammonium nitrogen of solid fertilizers. This makes it possible to use ammonia water both during the main soil treatment, and during pre-sowing cultivation, and for feeding row crops. The best method of application to the soil is pre-sowing. Ammonia water is superior to solid ammonia-nitrate fertilizers in increasing yield. After all, if you add ammonia water below the laying of the seed bed, it will scare off soil pests that destroy the sprouts for a certain time.
(//tractor-service.com)
Due to the instantaneous assimilation of water-soluble nitrogen by plants, ammonia water is an economical and effective liquid fertilizer. At the same time, ammonia water helps remove pests.
Taking into account that ammonia water is a toxic liquid that can damage the mucous membrane of the eyes and respiratory tract, when working with it, it is necessary to strictly observe the safety rules for working with dangerous goods, the rules of labor protection.
Ammonia water also has the effect of soil deoxidation due to the alkaline reaction of nitrogen contained in it.
Thanks to its liquid form, ammonia water can be applied very efficiently and evenly, to a given depth and over large areas. It has low pressure, does not destroy black metal, prone to freezing at a temperature of 56 degrees.
The shelf life of ammonia water is unlimited.
Fertilizers are applied by special machines, which ensure their immediate laying to a depth of at least 10-12 cm on heavy soils, and 14-18 cm on light ones.