Phosphate Fertilizer

Tool

Phosphate fertilizer is a great source of Phosphorus.

Notes

Phosphate Fertilizer is a crafted, stackable item that adds a significant boost of Phosphorus (+4) alongside minor amounts of Nitrogen and Potassium (+0.5 each) per use. As a fertilizer, it is a Tool used to replenish specific soil nutrients, making it a targeted resource for addressing soil deficiencies in a farm's growing areas. If your soil test shows a phosphorus shortage, applying Phosphate Fertilizer is an efficient way to correct the imbalance for your crops.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Recipe (2 ways to make this)Farmers Table · Fertilizers Lv 3Oil Refinery · Oil Drilling Lv 3

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Fertilizers level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Refined Processing (Fertilizers Lv 3) Sustainable Practice (Fertilizers Lv 6)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Crushed Limestone	1	item
Crushed Sulfur	2	item
Fertilizer Filler	1	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Crushed Mixed Rock	≈ 0.32
Bio Residue	≈ 0.08

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	15 calories
Craft time	0.3 min
Throughput	≈ 200 Phosphate Fertilizer / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 1× Bio Residue

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

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Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 135.63× Iron Ore
• 10× Limestone
• 3.92× Crushed Limestone
• 3.76× Clay
• 1.17× Wood (any)
• 1× Fertilizer Filler (any)
• 0.02× Silica (any)

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Fertilizer
• Ingredient
• Product

Obtained from

• Phosphate Fertilizer

• Synthetic Phosphate Fertilizer

Used in

• Agriculture Research Paper Modern

See also

Berry Extract FertilizerBlood Meal FertilizerCamas Ash FertilizerComposite FillerCompost FertilizerFiber Filler

The fields whisper their hunger, and this pale powder answers — phosphorus enough to turn barren ground to green.