What is a Npk fertilizer ? Is it chemical or Organic ?

What is a Npk fertilizer ? Is it chemical or Organic ?

NPK is chemical or Organic.

Neither NPK is Chemical or Organic. you may be thanking than what it is, so read ahead i'll clarify all doubt in this post.

What is N-P-K Fertilizer ?

NPK Full form is :

N = Nitrogen

P = Phosphorus 

k = potassium

Npk is not a fertilizer but it is content of the fertilizer. All fertilizer has this content in there and that is Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. How we human being need Carbohydrate, Protein and  Fiber, like that plant also require N-P-k  in there food which necessary to grow them. Basically you can find NPK in both chemical or organic fertilizers. 

What is value present on NPK fertilizer ?

if you purchase any fertilizer like chemical or organic you may be see on packet such values

10-10-10

15-15-15

20-0-10

15-0-45

40-0-0 or etc

What it means ?

It means amount of content are present in this fertilizer 

example

10-10-10 represent 10 (N)-10 (P)-10 (K)

in this fertilizer 

10 nitrogen is present 

10 phosphorus is present and 

10 potassium is present

what about other value ? 

They are also explain in same way .

like 20-0-10 means

20 nitrogen is present 

0 phosphorus is present (means no phosphorus in this fertilizers has)

10 potassium is present.

and same like it goes for other value also. 

Thank You for reading my post.