Why are biosolids such a good fertilizer?
Biosolids are superior to commercial, chemical fertilizers in many ways. • Biosolids contains humus, which helps soil to retain water and nutrients. • Biosolids contains significant amounts of the traditional fertilizers: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, as well as many trace elements essential for healthy tree growth. • Nutrients from biosolids release over a much longer period of time, so that trees have a sustained source of nourishment. • Recycling biosolids as a fertilizer turns two problems – biosolids disposal and poor forest soils – into an environmental solution.
