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LOCAL SOURCE OF PHOSPHORUS FROM SEED PRODUCTION WASTE
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The presented paper focuses the issue of finding new sources of phosphorus fertilizers to be used in conventional agriculture. Various types of pellets for heating purposes were tested. Based on the determination of phosphorus (P) content in ash obtained from the combustion of pellets produced from plant waste generated during the production of seed materials, it was found out that getting P from this ash is more effective than getting P from the ash of wooden pellets that are commonly used as fuel in households. With the declared average consumption of wooden pellets by one household living in a family house, which is on average 5 tons for the heating season, one dose of 43 kg P required to fertilize 1 hectare of soil before sowing winter rape would be represented by ash from 50 tons of wooden pellets consumed by ten households, while using pellets made from the plant waste, e.g. from white sweet clover, would need only 7.5 tons of ash which is produced by 1.36 households at the consumption of 5 tons of these pellets for the heating season. Using ash from the combustion of pellets made of plant waste can be a practical contribution to improved cycling of phosphorus in agricultural ecosystems because the sources of phosphorus fertilizers may be depleted in the near future.
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