Fertilizers are the good source for the development of plants, vegetables, fruits etc. but the economic and social cost of using fertilizer is too high. When we say social cost we mean the cost our environment bears. Big superstores places the bags of fertilizers of various manufacturers however it has been seen that fertilizers irrespective of which brands they are still brings detrimental effects on environment in the form of air pollution, depletion in the nutrients of the soil and many other forms.

Researchers have also found that these artificial fertilizers also causes metal accumulation and chemical runoff in our rivers. While the organic fertilizers have positive impact and are the real means of making agricultural sector resourceful. Organic fertilizers are good as long as it is organic in real means. These days profitable manufacturers concerns only about profit making so it is our duty that we must not be deceived in the name of organic fertilizers and thus inspect thoroughly that whether the fertilizer we are buying is artificial or original.

Fertilizers have three components namely nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. When buying it labeling must be checked since on fertilizers bag balance of the nutrient in fertilizer is shown with                   10-10-10 or either with 21-7-7 which indicates fertilizer is balanced in terms of nutrients.

Organic versus Synthetic fertilizers

Organic fertilizer contains nitrogen,                 

Eco-Friendly Fertilizers

Organic fertilizers are good for green environment. Recycling is something that can bring better results as we can produce fertilizers from recycled products like aquarium water, fireplace ashes and compost.

Aquarium water: We must not through the aquarium water for it produces nitrogen, potassium, ammonia, phosphorous and various other microogranisms. These substance are extremely beneficial for the gardens.

Fireplace ashes: Fireplace ashes consist of potassium and lime. Nutrients in ashes depends totally on their logs. Hardwood logs have higher level of concentration while softwood logs have lower level of concentration. You would be surprised to note that ashes also contains salt that can minimize the pests like snails and slugs.

Compost: it is basically a mixture of different wastage such as food scraps, newspaper and other materials which we disposed of at bin.We can have a good use out of compost because it improves the soil structure hence it can be used in garden and also on the plants of vegetables,herbs,fruits etc.

It can be a great idea to use natural fertilizers for making the garden green with no added chemicals on it and we should start shifting to the natural fertilizers if we really like the concept of Eco-friendly fertilizers.