> Nitrogen is only one ingredient, what about the others phosporus and potassium? I did cover that, above. > If it was so readily available why did the war in

> Nitrogen is only one ingredient, what about the others phosporus and potassium? I did cover that, above. > If it was so readily available why did the war in the Ukraine affect the fertilizers market? Primarily because the most popular chemical processes for creating ammonium is to use natural gas to bind the nitrogen. (It carries the hydrogen needed as well as the energy, and is cheap when natural gas is cheap.) But if you don't have natural gas, you can take the hydrogen from somewhere else (like water) as long as you have the energy needed.