The 4.5 Billion Year Journey
From stellar fusion to your crops: Understanding iron's journey through Earth's history and why modern farming needs ferrous sulphate
Iron is the most abundant element in Earth by weight (32% of Earth's total mass!) and has an origin story even more dramatic than zinc. Every iron atom was forged in the death throes of massive stars - supernovas that scattered iron across the cosmos.
Iron (Fe-56) is the most stable nucleus in the universe. When massive stars run out of fuel, they collapse and explode as supernovas. In these explosions lasting just seconds, iron is created through nuclear fusion and scattered across space at millions of kilometers per hour.
The iron in your VARTIFER (Ferrous Sulphate) fertilizer was created in such an explosion billions of years ago, then traveled through space to become part of the dust cloud that formed our solar system!
Correct iron chlorosis with VARTIFER (Ferrous Sulphate 19% Fe) — plant-available ferrous iron for healthier crops.