Test Your Fertilizer IQ

1. Surya’s all natural probiotics:

Are select populations of living, breathing microorganisms

Can help reduce the country’s dependence on synthetic fertilizers

Provide an effective, natural way to grow healthy, vigorous plants

Facilitate nutrient uptake and improve soil and plant health

All of the above

Surya's probiotics do all of these. They are living, breathing microbes that provide an effective, all-natural way to grow healthy, vigorous plants. The microbes help facilitate plant nutrient uptake, photosynthesis, and improve the well-being of the soil and your plants

Explanation

Surya's probiotics do all of these. They are living, breathing microbes that provide an effective, all-natural way to grow healthy, vigorous plants. The microbes help facilitate plant nutrient uptake, photosynthesis, and improve the well-being of the soil and your plants

2. Which of the following is NOT a negative environmental impact of Nitrogen-based fertilizers?

Runoff problems that lead to massive dead-zones in aquatic ecosystems

Mining non-renewable resources that emits greenhouse gasses like CO2 and SO4 in the atmosphere

Nutrient leaching and desertification in soils/ nutrient loss in soils

Toxic algal blooms from fertilizer nutrient runoff

All of the above

All of these: chemical fertilizer use runs off into waterways because roughly half of all fertilizer applied does not even reach the plant, running into the waterways and creating toxic algal blooms and dead-zones (aquatic areas stripped of nutrients). Phosphorous and Nitrogen are key components of chemical fertilizer and have to be mined, which requires large amounts of non-renewable fossil fuels and emits them into the air. Fertilizers also deplete the soil of its nutrients and create a dependence on continual fertilizer use.

Explanation

All of these: chemical fertilizer use runs off into waterways because roughly half of all fertilizer applied does not even reach the plant, running into the waterways and creating toxic algal blooms and dead-zones (aquatic areas stripped of nutrients). Phosphorous and Nitrogen are key components of chemical fertilizer and have to be mined, which requires large amounts of non-renewable fossil fuels and emits them into the air. Fertilizers also deplete the soil of its nutrients and create a dependence on continual fertilizer use.

3. 5. While our GrowMore restores microbial balance to the soil, ShootUp:

Cannot be used with GrowMore for increased plant growth

Provides an unsustainable approach to growing plants

Is used for vibrant foliage, blooming, and increases nutrient uptake/ photosynthesis in plants

Helped to win World War II

When using GrowMore in concert with ShootUp, one can expect the effects of both blends of microbes to work together: ShootUp to increase photosynthesis/ nutrient uptake and GrowMore for strong, healthy roots and soils. Unfortunately, neither product helped to win WWII.

Explanation

When using GrowMore in concert with ShootUp, one can expect the effects of both blends of microbes to work together: ShootUp to increase photosynthesis/ nutrient uptake and GrowMore for strong, healthy roots and soils. Unfortunately, neither product helped to win WWII.

4. The USDA has estimated that "reducing repetitive [synthetic] fertilizer application on the 250 million acres of major cropland in the United States would save $ _________ worth of petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides.

$200,000

$1.2 million

$500 million

$1 billion

The USDA estimates that roughly $1 billion could be saved worth of chemical fertilizers and pesticides if we reduced their application on American cropland.

Explanation

The USDA estimates that roughly $1 billion could be saved worth of chemical fertilizers and pesticides if we reduced their application on American cropland.

5. According to the University of Michigan, how much energy within the US food system is expended in the production of chemical fertilizers and pesticides?

8%

15%

30%

40%

80%

U. Michigan cites that roughly 40% of the energy expended in the US food system is from the production of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Explanation

U. Michigan cites that roughly 40% of the energy expended in the US food system is from the production of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

6. 6. When used in combination with _____________, Surya’s products are MOST effective.

Composting/ food scraps

Red wine vinegar

Chemical Fertilizer

Baking Soda

Potting soil

We recommend adding compost to your soils for increased growth. Although Surya's products are quite effective by themselves, when used with composting practices, the microorganisms will facilitate the composting rate and your plants will receive even more nutrients.

Explanation

We recommend adding compost to your soils for increased growth. Although Surya's products are quite effective by themselves, when used with composting practices, the microorganisms will facilitate the composting rate and your plants will receive even more nutrients.