A chemical fertilizer is defined as any inorganic material of wholly or partially synthetic origin and it has a definite chemical composition.

Chemical fertilizers are almost harmful to soil but in order to meet the demands of plant nutrients they are often used.

There are 3 types of chemical fertilizers namely nitrogenous, phosphoric and potassic fertilizers which are abundantly used.

In order to learn them:

Chemical Fertilizers Types: 3 Types of Chemical Fertilizers

There is no scientific evidence of declining in productivity on applying chemical fertilizers but imbalanced and overdose use of fertilizers leads to nutrient deficiences.

The advantages of chemical fertilizers are:

• Since nutrients are available to the plants immediately, improvement occurs in days.
• They are highly analyzed to produce the exact ratio of nutrients desired.
• Standardized labeling makes ratios and chemical sources easy to understand.
• They’re inexpensive.

The disadvantages are:

1. They are non-renewable.
2. Danger of overfertilization. Thus may kill plants and upset the environment.
3. It degrades the environment, pose threat to micro-organisms and contributes to green house gases.
4. It poses long-term damages to the soil.