Abstract: A lawn fertilizer to minimize or negate canine waste damage consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. The dry fertilizer is sprinkled over the canine waste damage and is compounded depending upon the season to provide starter fertilizer, summer fertilizer, and winter fertilizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making NK-fertilizers basically from calcium nitrate fertilizers and potassium nitrate and homogeneous NK-fertilizer products. Calcium nitrate fertilizer is melted together with potassium nitrate to form a melt or suspension thereof which is particulated to form a homogeneous NK-fertilizer. The calcium nitrate fertilizer and the potassium nitrate are melted at 90-120° C. and then heated to the desired particulation temperature being 160-190° C. for prilling and 90-140° C. for granulation. The components are mixed in ratios giving a melt or suspension comprising 40-14 weight % calcium nitrate, 55-85 weight % potassium nitrate, 0.5-6 weight % water, 0-4 weight % ammonium nitrate and 0-5 weight % magnesium nitrate.

Abstract: A method of wet granulation of fertilizer and other materials into granules. The method involves formation of the granule directly on the pan from the feedstock without intermediate steps or the use of seed materials. The result is a product having a completely uniform cross section. The feedstock is initially in the size distribution of -150 mesh with 90% or greater in the size range of 200 mesh. Moisture is maintained to facilitate a steady process without cycling. The method has the advantage of allowing granulation of materials either known to be hazardous or inherently difficult to granulate in a safe and expedient manner.

Abstract: A method of making free-flowing moisture resistant calcium-containing particles that inhibit the water absorption characteristics of calcium products, hygroscopic and deliquescent, for example, the method comprising the steps of spraying molten soluble nitrogen-containing material onto the hygroscopic calcium-containing granules and recovering the coated granules. The core of the particle is a calcium-containing material, more particularly a soluble calcium-containing material. Moisture resistant or hydrophobic coatings are applied to the core to inhibit water absorption by the calcium-containing material. The coated particles may then be more easily shipped, stored and handled as a dry, anhydrous product. A core comprised of calcium chloride coated with urea is useful as both a soil conditioner and a fertilizer. Additional plant nutrients are mixed with either the core or the coating materials to improve fertilizing is qualities.

Abstract: Methods, devices and compositions directed to the delivery of a preferably organic formulation of plant nutrients to indoor and outdoor potted plants, cut flowers, vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings, and other types of plants. The methods, devices and compositions form a simple, safe, non-toxic, cost effective and easy to use delivery system comprising the use of a plant nutrient composition. The plant nutrient composition is typically dry and is maintained in a plant nutrient delivery system during storage and shipping. When ready for use, the plant nutrient composition is contacted with hot water to release the plant nutrients retained within the plant nutrient composition, and the resulting infusion is cooled, and then administered to the plants.

Abstract: A polyborate composition suitable for use in agricultural fertilizer preparations is provided. The polyborate is formed as the reaction product of a boric acid compound with one or more cyclic amines in aqueous solution. The resulting polyborate is extremely temperature stable and does not crystallize during preparation, storage or use. A method of preparation necessary to result in a non-crystallizing polyborate is also provided.

Abstract: A method of treating waste materials such as city or animal sewage which may contain toxic chemicals includes supplying the waste materials in slurry form using a dispensing machine in the field to a fibrous crop material so that the waste materials, water and toxic chemicals are taken up by the fibrous materials in the plant to avoid toxic materials collecting in the soil. The amount of nutrients in the waste material including phosphorous and nitrogen are measured. The volume of materials supplied to the plant is controlled upon the phosphorous level. The amount of nitrogen can be supplemented on the go from a separate tank on the dispensing machine.

Abstract: A substantially neutral metal alkanoate solution suitable for application of the constituent micronutrient metal to agricultural crops or acreage where such crops are to be grown, is disclosed. Alkanoates having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms are preferred, with acetates most preferred. Metals selected from the group consisting of boron, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, sodium and zinc are preferred, with zinc particularly preferred. The compositions of the present invention remain soluble at and below freezing temperatures for extending periods, and exhibits a high degree of miscibility in fertilizers. A method of manufacturing the compositions of the present invention is disclosed, in which a metal oxide is dispersed in water, ammonia is added to the dispersion, and acid is added to the basic dispersion to solubilize and substantially neutralize the dispersion and create an aqueous micronutrient solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a process of treating plants and, in particular, to a process of stimulating plant growth and development by subjecting the plants to sound waves and by exposing the plants to a nutrient formulation. The invention further relates to a method of increasing the absorption capacity of plants.

Abstract: A liquid fertilizer blends containing alkanoic acids are safely and conveniently applied to young plants or seeds in a dry form. This dry form is generally a granular carrier and facilitates the application of said fertilizers in conjunction with other agrichemicals which are being applied concurrently. Furthermore, this fertilizer has unexpected release characteristics from the granule.

Abstract: Basic copper chloride having the empirical formula Cu(OH).sub.x Cl.sub.2-x is prepared from waste etchant streams. The compound exhibits properties that lends advantage to its use as a source of bioavailable copper in multinutrient fertilizer compositions. Novel fertilizer compositions for plant nutrition containing basic copper chloride as a bioavailable source of copper are described.

Abstract: A fertilizer containing Ca, Mg and NH.sub.4 4, having a water content ranging between 15% and 35% in weight and a melting point ranging between 50 and 65 degrees C is prepared by etching of dolomite and/or limestone with nitric acid, neutralization, concentration and granulation (FIG. 1).

Abstract: To make and use nitrogeneous fertilizer on a farm, nitrogen oxides are prepared in a continuous process from air or from ammonia in a reactor, with the ammonia either being transported to the farm or local site in a farming area or being prepared on the site in a continuous process from water and air. The nitrogen oxides are mixed with a continuous flow of water to form a solution of nitric acid, which may be applied to the field through the irrigation system as top dressing or mixed within the system with ammonium or other cations to form ammonium nitrate or other desired nitrogen solutions for application to the fields in a continuous process or concentrated without requiring storage of large amounts of gas or creating heat exchange problems in the manufacturing process.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods of treating oak wilt, decline, or other fungus-induced diseases of trees. A mixture is applied to the root system comprising sulfur and pentachloronitrobenzene or pentachlorophenol as its active ingredients, and optionally other ingredients such as a wetting agent, nitrogen, an insecticide, and a nutrient source. It is preferable to simultaneously treat the bark and crown of the tree with a composition which includes a fungicide and an insecticide. Other ingredients, such as a wetting agent or a fungicide/nutrient, can also be present in the Bark & Crown Composition.

Abstract: Oil-in-water emulsions containing polyvinyl alcohol, surfactant and a salt with improved freeze-thaw and elevated temperature storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention is in alkanoyl anilides exhibiting insecticidal and arachnicidal activity, wherein the alkanoyl is both branched and substantially or totally fluorinated.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for killing moss growing on a moss-covered surface by sprinkling in dry or wet form a moss-killing powder containing an atomized elemental metal which slowly dissolves with water to form a biocidal solution which kills moss. In the preferred embodiment, a moss-killing powder dry or wet consists essentially of finely powdered atomized elemental zinc and copper mixed with a powdered, dispersible carrier material, such as silia clay, to which the metal particles adhere. The moss-killing powder is sprinkled on a wetted moss-covered surface dry or mixed in a slurry of water and sprinkled wet which causes the powder to initially adhere to the surface. Upon contact with rainwater, or tap water or dew the carrier soaks up water and slowly disintegrate, retaining the metal particles in close proximity so that they electrolytically react with the rainwater or tap water or dew to produce a biocidal solution which kills moss. Gradually the carrier disperses or dissolves and disappears.

Abstract: Anti-caking composition for nitrogen-containing material consisting essentially of ammonium salts useful as an ingredient of fertilizer and normally posing a problem with respect to caking. The composition includes at least one sulfate anti-caking agent such as sodium alkyl sulfates, potassium alkyl sulfates or monoethanolammonium alkyl sulfate, diethanolammonium alkyl sulfate and triethanolammonium alkyl sulfate.

Abstract: In a method for the regeneration of washing solution, which is used for washing nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide out from exhaust gases, a portion of the washing solution containing a complex-forming substance, which is Iron (II)-chelate complex of ethylenediaminotetraacetic acid (EDTA), is removed from the washing solution flowing in a closed circuit, and imidodisulfonate in this portion is separated from the washing solution and is further used as a commercial product.

Abstract: A process for prilling a mixture of sulphur and bentonite to produce a water-degradable prill includes adding dry bentonite in powdered form to molten sulphur at a temperature to provide a molten sulphur-bentonite mixture, forming droplets of the mixture, providing a quenching solution of either sodium chloride, sodium sulphate, potassium chloride or potassium sulphate at a temperature low enough to solidify the sulphur-bentonite mixture, feeding the droplets into the quenching solution, passing the droplets through the quenching solution for a time and at a temperature of the quenching solution sufficient to anneal the droplets into prills, and removing the annealed prills from the quenching solution and drying the prills to a specified temperature and moisture content. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in the process and resultant product of forming prills from sulphur for fertilizing purposes, and to reducing the dust normally present with prills made entirely from sulphur.

Abstract: To make non-pressure nitrogenous fertilizer solutions, nitrogen oxides are prepared in a continuous process by burning ammonia in contact with a cobalt oxide catalyst started by an electric arc without preheating the gases. This burning forms nitrogen oxides which are reacted under negative pressure in a two-stage system. Nitric acid is formed in the first stage from a portion of the oxides by oxidizing them to nitrogen dioxide and reacting the nitrogen dioxide with water. In the second stage, the remaining nitrogen oxides are reacted at a pH between 8.0 and 8.4 in a gas-liquid contacting apparatus with an ammonium hydroxide reaction liquid, formed by mixing ammonia and water. The ammonium nitrite solution formed in the second stage is mixed with the nitric acid at a pH below 0.2, resulting in a solution of acidic ammonium nitrate to be flowed to the fields with irrigation water.

Abstract: To make non-pressure nitrogenous fertilizer solutions, nitrogen oxides are prepared in a continuous process by burning ammonia in contact with a cobalt oxide catalyst started by an electric arc without pre-heating the gases. This burning forms nitrogen oxides which are reacted under negative pressure in a two-stage system. Nitric acid is formed in the first stage from a portion of the oxides by oxidizing them to nitrogen dioxide and reacting the nitrogen dioxide with water. In the second stage, the remaining nitrogen oxides are reacted at a pH between 8.0 and 8.4 in a gas-liquid contacting apparatus with an ammonium hydroxide reaction liquid, formed by mixing ammonia and water. The ammonium nitrite solution formed in the second stage is mixed with the nitric acid at a pH below 0.2, resulting in a solution of acidic ammonium nitrate to be flowed to the fields with irrigation water.

Abstract: To make and use nitrogenous fertilizer on a farm, nitrogen dioxide is prepared in a continuous process from air or from ammonia in a reactor, with the ammonia either being transported to the farm or being prepared on the farm in a continuous process from water and air. The nitrogen dioxide is mixed with a continuous flow of water to form a dilute solution of nitric acid, which may be applied to the field through the irrigation system as top dressing or mixed within the irrigation system with ammonia or other cations to form ammonium nitrate or other desired nitrogen solutions for application to the fields in a continuous process or concentrated without requiring storage of large amounts of gas or creating heat exchange problems in the manufacturing process. In the embodiment which burns ammonia, the nitrogen oxides are fixed on an 8 percent nickel stainless steel mesh in a column 10 feet high and one foot in diameter and oxidized while fixed to nitrogen dioxide.

Abstract: To make and use nitrogenous fertilizer on a farm, nitrogen dioxide is prepared in a continuous process from air or from ammonia in a reactor, with the ammonia either being transported to the farm or being prepared on the farm in a continuous process from water and air. The nitrogen dioxide is mixed with a continuous flow of water to form a dilute solution of nitric acid, which may be applied to the field through the irrigation system as top dressing or mixed within the irrigation system with ammonia or other cations to form ammonium nitrate or other desired nitrogen solutions for application to the fields in a continuous process or concentrated without requiring storage of large amounts of gas or creating heat exchange problems in the manufacturing process. In the embodiment which burns ammonia, the nitrogen oxides are fixed on an 8 percent nickel stainless steel mesh in a column 10 feet high and one foot in diameter and oxidized while fixed to nitrogen dioxide.

Abstract: To make non-pressure nitrogenous fertilizer solutions, nitrogen oxides are prepared in a continuous process by burning ammonia in contact with a cobalt oxide catalyst started by an electric arc without preheating the gases. This burning forms nitrogen oxides which are reacted under negative pressure in a two-stage system. Nitric acid is formed in the first stage from a portion of the oxides by oxidizing them to nitrogen dioxide and reacting the nitrogen dioxide with water. In the second stage, the remaining nitrogen oxides are reacted at a pH between 8.0 and 8.4 in a gas-liquid contacting apparatus with an ammonium hydroxide reaction liquid, formed by mixing ammonia and water. The ammonium nitrite solution formed in the second stage is mixed with the nitric acid at a pH below 0.2, resulting in a solution of acidic ammonium nitrate to be flowed to the fields with irrigation water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new azulmic acids stabilized by condensation with carbonyl compounds, several processes for their preparation and their use for various purposes.

Abstract: Low molecular weight alkanoic acids and alkanoate anions thereof, particularly acetic acid and acetate ion, are effective in enhancing the ability of nitrogen fertilizers to promote plant growth and productivity.

Abstract: Micronutrient fertilizer consisting of iron, manganese, copper, boron, and zinc in which the manganese-to-iron ratio is 8 to 20%, the copper-to-iron ratio is 5 to 10%, the boron-to-iron ratio is 0.4 to 1.0%, and the zinc-to-iron ratio is 6 to 12%.

Abstract: Method for the production of a liquid fertilizer and respectively fertilizer concentrate, starting from an aqueous suspension and solution, respectively, of Haselgebirge and respectively or Werklaist, by addition of calcium carbide with stirring.

Abstract: This invention concerns polymers of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a multivalent hydrocarbon radical and Het is a 5 to 8 membered heterocyclic system having a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur hetero atom. The polymers are useful for making articles of manufacture and as coating for delivering beneficial agents such as fertilizers.

Abstract: A process for pelletizing a mixture of elemental sulphur and bentonite clay to produce a water degradable prill includes adding dry clay dust to molten sulphur at an elevated temperature to provide a molten sulphur-clay mixture, forming droplets of the mixture, providing a liquid fertilizer coolant at a temperature lower than the freezing temperature of the sulphur-bentonite mixture, feeding the droplets into the coolant, passing the droplets through the coolant for a time sufficient to anneal the droplets into pellets, and removing the annealed pellets from the coolant.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing fertilizing characteristics of irrigation water by adding carbon dioxide and nitrogenous compounds, derived from exhaust gases, to irrigation water so as to produce a fertilizing solution which promotes crop growth. The method comprises scrubbing exhaust gases derived from a natural gas, liquified petroleum or diesel engines by utilizing direct contact with water and thereafter injecting the treated enriched water into a standard supply of irrigation water. The engine is operated so as to provide the greatest amount of carbon dioxide, and (NO.sub.x) nitrogen oxides practical.

Abstract: A process for obtaining fertilizer salts and organic substance concentrates of high nutritive value from industrial waste waters, in particular of waste waters of the agricultural, food processing and food preserving industries, with a high content of Totally Dissolved Solids (T.D.S.), includes the following operating phases:Automatic diversion of the high T.D.S. content waste waters from those of low T.D.S. content by means of a conductivity or density measuring instrument.Mixing of the high T.D.S. content waste waters with strong acids or bases, according to the composition of the waste waters, so as to form stable salts.Filtration of the so-formed solution for the purpose of eliminating the insoluble substances and precipitates.Concentration of the solution by means of evaporation.Crystallization of the concentrated solution.Separation by means of centrifugation of the fertilizer salts from the mother liquors containing organic substances of high nutritive value.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of promoting the flowering of grape vines.

Abstract: Complex aluminum-containing reaction products are produced by a process which comprises:Reactively contacting in an aqueous mediumA. activated aluminum comprising aluminum metal, at least 99.9% by weight pure, which has been permeated with a second metal or alloy selected from mercury, gallium and indium/gallium allows; andB. a source of NO.sub.x, e.g., NO and/or NO.sub.2 gas, or nitric acid.The product of the above reaction, useful as a fertilizer and/or a bleach or soap precursor contains aluinum, nitrogen in the form of NH, NH.sub.2, and/or NH.sub.3 groups, a minimum of nitrate groups, hydroperoxy groups, and possible minor amounts of nitrite and hydroxy groups. The product is formed as an aqueous solution and appears polymeric in nature.The aluminum containing reaction product can be further reacted with ammonia to increase the nitrogen content and increase the pH of the reaction product toward neutral and/or with hydrogen peroxide to produce a product which is further enriched with hydroperoxy groups.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition for promoting the flowering of mango trees which comprises:A. from about 7 to 15% by weight of a salt of calcium selected from the group consisting of Ca(OH).sub.2 and CaCO.sub.3B. from about 0.06 to 0.08% by weight of KOHC. from about 0.05 to 0.07% by weight of H.sub.3 PO.sub.4D. from about 15.00 to 25% by weight HNO.sub.3E. from about 0.005 to 0.0007% by weight NH.sub.4 OHF. from about 0.001 to 0.006% by weight of MnSO.sub.4G. from about 0.006 to 0.10% by weight of FeSO.sub.4H. from about 0.00002 to 0.003% by weight of ZnSO.sub.4I. from about 0.15 to 0.35% by weight of MgSO.sub.4J. balance water.

Abstract: Supply of zinc and nitrogen plant nutrients to plants growing in soil is effected by applying to the soil substantially anhydrous liquid ammonia containing an ionic solution of a zinc carboxylate.

Abstract: Spent sulfite liquor is converted into a nitrogen containing, water insoluble product useful as a soil conditioner and as a slow-release fertilizer. The spent sulfite liquor is reacted at a temperature of from 170.degree. to 250.degree.C with hexamethylenetetramine or with an ammonia-formaldehyde mixture. The weight ratio of hexamethylenetetramine or ammonia and formaldehyde to SSL solids should be greater than about 0.5:1 and preferably greater than 1:1.