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Reduce Nutrient Loss

Keep nutrients where plants need them while protecting nearby waterways.

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Crystal Green® Fertilizers Use Crop Driven Release™ to Help Protect the Environment

With patented Crop Driven Release™, Crystal Green stays available for plant uptake due its unique solubility, unlike conventional fertilizers that have the potential to leach nutrients out of the soil and into local waterways.

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Nutrients Available to Plants, Not Waterways

Minimize the nutrient loss that leads to runoff, and increase fertilizer efficiency, with Crystal Green fertilizer’s Crop Driven Release™ process that releases nutrients only in response to organic acids produced by growing roots.

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Organic Acid Soluble

Prevent leaching with Crystal Green’s organic acid solubility. Conventional phosphorus fertilizers are water soluble and dissolve quickly into the soil profile—but plants can’t absorb all that phosphorus at once, leaving excess P that can runoff and leach into nearby waterways.


Environmentally Responsible Fertilizer

Increase profitability and production while creating a positive environmental impact. Crystal Green is a one-of-a-kind environmentally responsible fertilizer, designed to prevent excess nutrients and reduce the risk of runoff with Crop Driven Release™.

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Study Results: Crystal Green Prevents Phosphorus from Leaching

A study of cumulative orthophosphate in leachate as affected by phosphorus source shows Crystal Green is considerably less prone to leaching when compared to water soluble P sources.

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Study Results: Crystal Green Remains in Root Zone Weeks After Application

Extractable soil test – as affected by sampling depth and P source – following eleven weeks of Bermuda grass establishment, shows Crystal Green remains in the soil profile for many weeks following application, providing long lasting supply of key nutrients.

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Research Proven

In this video, Dr. Fred Below, professor at the University of Illinois, discusses his research showing how Crystal Green uses phosphorus more efficiently to help increase yield.

Reduce Nutrient Runoff with Crystal Green Fertilizers

Crystal Green’s Crop Driven Release™ fertilizers keep phosphorus available when crops need them by releasing only in response to organic acids produced by roots, instead of being lost to water.