Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(1):1-6 | DOI: 10.17221/492/2019-PSE

Hazenite: a new secondary phosphorus, potassium and magnesium fertiliserOriginal Paper

Conor Watson ORCID...*,1, Joachim Clemens2, Florian Wichern1
1 Life Sciences Faculty, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, Germany
2 SF-Soepenberg GmbH, Huenxe, Germany

Secondary fertilisers are becoming an important alternative to conventional mined fertilisers. For the first time, the struvite "relative" hazenite (KNaMg2(PO4)2∙14 H2O) has been artificially synthesised. A pot trial assessed whether hazenite-fertilised ryegrass had comparable potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), or phosphorus (P) uptake and shoot yields with treatments receiving conventional K (muriate of potash), Mg (kieserite) or P (triple superphosphate, TSP) fertilisers. Ryegrass shoot biomass production and K/Mg uptake in replicates receiving hazenite were as good as or superior to those amended with conventional fertilisers. Phosphorus uptake of plants whose P source was TSP was significantly higher than that of the hazenite-amended replicates without significantly higher shoot biomass, indicating luxury P uptake. Hazenite's constituent sodium (Na) makes it a potentially useful soil amendment for forage grasses or natrophilic crops such as sugar beet. Its component Mg would also be desirable in forage grasses to pre-empt ruminant hypomagnesemia or in crops with a relatively high Mg demand, for example, maize. Furthermore, hazenite represents a good alternative to KCl for chlorophobic crops such as potatoes. However, given its unusual ratio of Mg, P, and K, the ideal application of hazenite would probably be in combination with other fertilisers.

Keywords: fertilisation; macronutrient; waste stream; nutrient recycling

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Watson C, Clemens J, Wichern F. Hazenite: a new secondary phosphorus, potassium and magnesium fertiliser. Plant Soil Environ. 2020;66(1):1-6. doi: 10.17221/492/2019-PSE.
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