Why does excessive fertilizer kill plants? For example, urea
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Why does excessive fertilizer kill plants? For example, urea
It’s the same principle as dying from overeating and forcing oneself to eat too much
The soil concentration is too high, causing the tiny bubbles to lose water
The ammonia in urea has a strong water-absorbing capacity; excessive amounts of fertilizers can absorb large quantities of water, including that in the roots, thereby causing the plants to be \"burned to death\". The same principle applies to the good results achieved in the 1970s when ammonia water was applied directly to crops.
Reversible reactions cannot take place; plant cells lack water and die.