A composition is disclosed including combining a carbonate or bicarbonate compound, an acid, a biostimulant, a nutrient, and a pesticide. The composition may be processed into a tablet, powder, meal, pellets, or granules and produce effervescence when a liquid, such as water or a water-based liquid is mixed with the composition.

A system for nutrient remediation in a water environment using biologically active bioremediation units (BABUs), comprising a biologically active first compound of sodium alginate with chitosan, mixing a quantity of glomalin and lignin with Chlorella vulgaris to form a second mixture, mixing the first mixture with the second mixture, and spherifying the third mixture by dropping the third mixture into calcium chloride, creating a physical medium to contain the viable culture of the remediating organism called BABUs, and where the BABUs are used for nutrient remediation in a surface water environment where the surface water environment contains an excess of nutrients, waiting for nutrient capture by the BABUs, removing the nutrient rich BABUs from the water, and placing the BABUs in soil, wherein the BABUs release the nutrients to the soil.

A system for nutrient remediation in a water environment using biologically active bioremediation units (BABUs), comprising a biologically active first compound of sodium alginate with chitosan, mixing a quantity of glomalin and lignin with Chlorella vulgaris to form a second mixture, mixing the first mixture with the second mixture, and spherifying the third mixture by dropping the third mixture into calcium chloride, creating a physical medium to contain the viable culture of the remediating organism called BABUs, and where the BABUs are used for nutrient remediation in a surface water environment where the surface water environment contains an excess of nutrients, waiting for nutrient capture by the BABUs, removing the nutrient rich BABUs from the water, and placing the BABUs in soil, wherein the BABUs release the nutrients to the soil.

A method comprising (a) obtaining rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, silica, sand, perlite, or a combination thereof, (b) obtaining a binder, (c) obtaining a material comprising at least one of Ca, Mg, S, B, Cl, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn, or a combination thereof, and (d) combining ingredients comprising the rock fines, the binder, and the material.

A method comprising (a) obtaining rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, silica, sand, perlite, or a combination thereof, (b) obtaining a binder, (c) obtaining a material comprising at least one of Ca, Mg, S, B, Cl, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn, or a combination thereof, and (d) combining ingredients comprising the rock fines, the binder, and the material.

A water submersible controlled release fertilizer particle comprising: (i) a fertilizer core material; (ii) a polyurethane coating layer encapsulates the fertilizer core material; and (iii) a hydrophilic outer layer encapsulates the polyurethane coating layer wherein the hydrophilic outer layer dissolves when subjected to water.

A method for capturing material extracted from biochar is provided comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biochar; (ii) contacting the biochar with an extraction media, where the extraction media causes the removal of residual compounds from the pores and surface of the biochar, creating a resulting extract comprised of the extraction media and removed compounds; and (iii) collecting the resulting extract. The method also can include other steps of extraction and purification. The method further comprises the step of applying the resulting extract to seeds, plants, soil, other agricultural products, or for use in other applications. A biochar having high levels of soluble signaling compounds is also provided, where the biochar is derived from a biomass source that together with predefined pyrolysis parameters produces resulting biochar having increased levels of soluble signaling compounds that are known to increase seed germination rates and early plant growth. Such soluble signaling compounds can then be collected in a biochar extract by contacting the biochar with an extraction media.

The invention relates to formulations for controlled release both in water and in soils, and to the components and processes that enable effective coating of cores in various forms. The technology used for implementing the invention, i.e., multilayer coating of cores with the addition of various additives and active ingredients, enables modulation of release of the active ingredients in the desired times and modes. Release is regulated according to the desired targets. The technology does not use any organic solvent, but is based upon a thermodynamic technology that uses the phase transitions through control of the heat introduced into or removed from the system. The invention uses low-cost compounds, mostly of natural derivation and in any case biodegradable. Hence, the materials and technology necessary for implementing the present invention have a low environmental impact.

The invention relates to formulations for controlled release both in water and in soils, and to the components and processes that enable effective coating of cores in various forms. The technology used for implementing the invention, i.e., multilayer coating of cores with the addition of various additives and active ingredients, enables modulation of release of the active ingredients in the desired times and modes. Release is regulated according to the desired targets. The technology does not use any organic solvent, but is based upon a thermodynamic technology that uses the phase transitions through control of the heat introduced into or removed from the system. The invention uses low-cost compounds, mostly of natural derivation and in any case biodegradable. Hence, the materials and technology necessary for implementing the present invention have a low environmental impact.

The present invention relates to a field of chemical engineering and in particular to a method for continuously pelletizing water-soluble solids, comprising steps of: a) feeding raw material and seed particles to a pelletizing disc; b) pelletizing water-soluble solids during wetting with an aqueous phase; c) removing pelletized product from the pelletizing disc; d) drying the pelletized product from step c); e) dividing the dried pelletized product from step d) into fractions; e) removing the commercial fraction from the process, characterized in that in step e), the dried pelletized product from step d) is divided into four fractions: a commercial fraction having a pellet diameter in the range of D.sub.1 to D.sub.2; a coarse fraction having a pellet diameter>D.sub.2; a recycled fraction having a pellet diameter in the range of

[00001]$\frac{D_1+D_2}{9}$

to D.sub.1; and a fine fraction having a pellet diameter in the range of

[00002]$<\frac{D_1+D_2}{9};$

wherein the recycled fraction is fed as the seed particles to the raw material feeding step a), the coarse fraction is fed for grinding to a particle diameter in the range of

[00003]$\frac{D_1+D_2}{9}$

to D.sub.1 and then recycled to the process at the raw material feeding step a), the fine fraction is fed for grinding until there are no pellets having the size exceeding the particle size of the raw material, and also recycled to the raw material feeding step a), wherein the raw material particle diameter is

[00004]$<\frac{D_1+D_2}{44}.$