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US 11,530,169 B1Granted
Fertilizer microbe combination
AssigneeBio-Soil Enhancers, Inc.
InventorsNolan Wayne Wade, Janiece McWilliams, Charles Grantham, H. Randall Smith, Louis H. Elwell, III
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Abstract
A plant nutrient composition comprises both fertilizer and microorganisms bound together so that the advantages of fertilizer and microorganisms for plant growth and soil health can be obtained by a one-step administration of the plant nutrient composition.
Claims22
A method of making a fertilizer and microbe composition, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) combining fertilizer and a non-ionic surfactant in the presence of water and mixing the combination to form a first mixture;
- (b) allowing the first mixture to dry;
- (c) preparing a second mixture by suspending microbes in at least one of the following:
- liquid humates, anionic polymer or linear polysaccharide;
- and
- (d) after step (b) adding the second mixture to the first mixture so that microbes are bound to the fertilizer, forming the composition.
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A composition comprising:
- a) fertilizer;
- b) about 1 to about 5 liters of water per ton of composition;
- c) NIS in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 mL/liter of water;
- d) about 0.5 to about 20 liters of urease inhibitor per ton of fertilizer;
- e) about 5 to about 64 liters of microbe composition per ton of fertilizer, wherein the microbe composition comprises about 1×102 to about 1×1010 CFU of microorganisms per ml of microbe composition;
- f) about 0.2 to about 10 kg of dry humate per ton of fertilizer;
- and
- g) about 0.1 to about 1% weight/volume of anionic polymer or linear polysaccharide per 8 liters of water;
- wherein the microbes are bound to the fertilizer.
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A composition comprising:
- a) fertilizer;
- b) about 1 to about 5 liters of water per ton of composition;
- c) NIS in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 mL/liter of water;
- d) about 0.5 to about 20 liters of urease inhibitor per ton of fertilizer;
- e) about 5 to about 64 liters of microbe composition per ton of fertilizer, wherein the microbe composition comprises about 1×102 to about 1×1010 CFU of microorganisms per ml of microbe composition;
- and
- f) about 0.2 to about 10 kg of dry humate per ton of fertilizer;
- wherein the microbes are bound to the fertilizer.
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A composition comprising:
- a) fertilizer;
- b) about 1 to about 5 liters of water per ton of composition;
- c) NIS in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 mL/liter of water;
- d) about 0.5 to about 20 liters of urease inhibitor per ton of fertilizer;
- e) about 5 to about 64 liters of microbe composition per ton of fertilizer, wherein the microbe composition comprises about 1×102 to about 1×1010 CFU of microorganisms per ml of microbe composition;
- and
- f) about 0.1 to about 1% weight/volume of anionic polymer per 8 liters of water;
- wherein the microbes are bound to the fertilizer.
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A composition comprising:
- a) fertilizer;
- b) about 1 to about 5 liters of water per ton of composition;
- c) NIS in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 mL/liter of water;
- d) about 0.5 to about 20 liters of urease inhibitor per ton of fertilizer;
- e) about 5 to about 64 liters of microbe composition per ton of fertilizer, wherein the microbe composition comprises about 1×102 to about 1×1010 CFU of microorganisms per ml of microbe composition;
- and
- f) about 0.1 to about 1% weight/volume of linear polysaccharide per 8 liters of water;
- wherein the microbes are bound to the fertilizer.
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