(Trivia) Six methods to identify genuine and fake fertilizers
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(Trivia) Six ways to identify genuine and fake fertilizers. Source: China Window Chemicals Network. The first method is to identify them by their packaging: 1. Check the labels. **Relevant authorities stipulate that fertilizer packaging bags must display information such as the product name, nutrient content, grade, trademark, net weight, standard code, manufacturer’s name, address, and production license number ； If the above markers are absent or incomplete, it may be fake or low-quality fertilizer. 2. Check the seal of the packaging bag. Special attention should be paid to fertilizers whose packaging seals show obvious signs of being opened, as such fertilizers may be adulterated. The second method is to identify based on shape and color: 1. Urea: It is white or pale yellow, appearing as granular, needle-shaped, or prismatic crystals. 2. Anhydrous sulfuric acid: It is a white crystal. 3. Ammonium bicarbonate: It appears as a white or other colored powder or granular crystals; some manufacturers produce large, flat-spherical particles of ammonium bicarbonate. 4. Ammonium chloride: It is a white or pale yellow crystal. 5. *Ao acid an: It appears as white powdery crystals or white, pale yellow spherical granules. 6. Ammonia water: a colorless or dark liquid. 7. Calcium cyanamide: Appears as a gray-black powder. 8. Superphosphate: It is a grayish-white or light-colored powder. 9. Double superphosphate: It appears as dark gray or grayish-white granules or powder. 10. Calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer: It is a gray-brown or dark green powder. 11. Calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizer: It is a gray-brown or dark green powder. 12. Phosphorus ore powder: a fine gray, brown, or yellow powder. 13. Phosphoric acid fertilizer: It is grayish-white in color and appears as granules. 14. Potassium sulfate ； It is a white crystal or powder. 15. Potassium chloride: white or light red particles. 16. Monoammonium phosphate: It appears as grayish-white or dark gray particles. 17. Diammonium phosphate: It appears as white or pale yellow particles. Third, identification by smell: a liquid with a strong, pungent ammonia odor is ammonia water ； Fine particles with a distinct pungent ammonia smell are ammonium bicarbonate. The acidic-smelling fine powder is superphosphate, while the one with a distinctive fishy odor is calcium cyanamide. If superphosphate has a very pungent, strange sour smell, it is likely that waste sulfuric acid was used in its production; this low-quality fertilizer is highly toxic and can easily damage or kill crops.
The topic is six methods, but why are there only three methods?
Are there fake fertilizers too? It’s so unconscionable. I am a farmer, thank you to the original poster.
It’s mainly **poor regulation – it’s the farmers who suffer!
Using fake fertilizers means that all the hard work done throughout the year is in vain; such losses are devastating for farmers. **Regulation is very important. Large fertilizer manufacturers should produce fertilizer products that are difficult to fake, and high-quality tower fertilizers are an excellent choice
The psychological mindset of farmers when it comes to using chemical fertilizers has led to small fertilizer manufacturers colluding with local distributors and even local quality inspection agencies to produce fake fertilizers through secret deals. This is manifested in manipulating the actual content of the fertilizers – what is labeled as 40% may actually contain only 35% or even less. Such products have a lower price, which makes them attractive to consumers. Such incidents occur from time to time, and our leaders describe such behavior as cheating the public and showing complete lack of conscience.