Product Guide: Borax Decahydrate / Sodium Tetraborate (Agriculture Grade)

What is Borax Decahydrate?

Borax Decahydrate (chemically known as Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate) is one of the most trusted and traditional sources of Boron in farming. Boron is an irreplaceable micronutrient responsible for plant reproduction. Without it, plants cannot flower properly, set seeds, or grow straight. This product acts like a reproductive shield, ensuring your flowers turn into healthy, high-yielding fruits.

The Tech Specs (Standard Data)

Here is the standard technical breakdown of our agriculture-grade material:

• Look and Feel: Fine, Free-Flowing White Crystalline Powder

• Boron Content (as B): 10.5% minimum

• Sodium Tetraborate Content: 99.0% minimum

• Matter Insolubles in Water: 0.1% maximum

• pH (1% Solution): Alkaline (usually between 9.0 to 9.5)

Why Farmers Love It (The Main Advantages)

• Supercharges Flowering & Fruit Set: Boron is critical for pollen germination and pollen tube growth. Applying Borax ensures rich flowering, stops flowers from dropping early, and dramatically increases fruit-setting rates.

• Prevents Fruit Cracking & Hollowing: A lack of boron causes fruits and tubers to crack, deform, or develop hollow hearts. Borax strengthens cell walls, ensuring your fruits, tomatoes, and tubers grow smooth, dense, and beautiful.

• Sugar and Calcium Transporter: It acts like an internal traffic controller, helping the plant move starches and sugars to growing fruits, while also teaming up with Calcium to build strong plant skeletons.

• Corrects Soil Deficiencies Economically: It is a highly cost-effective way to treat boron-deficient soils, especially in sandy soils where boron easily washes away with heavy rains.

Where and How to Use It

• Best Crops: High-demand crops including fruit orchards (pomegranate, citrus, grapes, apple, mango), cash crops (cotton, sugarcane), oilseeds (mustard, sunflower), and vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, tomato, potato).

• How to Apply: Most commonly applied directly to the soil during land preparation or as a basal dose. It can also be dissolved in water for specific root zone drenching or mild foliar sprays (though ensure it is completely dissolved in warm or sufficient water).

General Dosage Guide (The Rough Estimates)

For Soil Application / Broadcasting (Per Acre)

• Standard Soil Correction: About 2 kg to 5 kg per acre (depending on severity of deficiency). For an even spread, mix it thoroughly with sand, dry soil, or well-rotted farmyard manure (FYM) before broadcasting it across the field.

• Frequency: Usually applied once a year or once a season as a basal dose.

For a Foliar Spray / Drenching (Quick Fix)

• The Mix: Mix 1 to 2 grams of Borax Decahydrate per 1 litre of clean water (a 0.1% to 0.2% solution).

• Tip: Borax dissolves a bit slowly in very cold water. It helps to dissolve the required amount in a small bucket of warm water first before pouring it into the main spray tank.

A Quick, Friendly Heads-Up (The Important Stuff!)

Every Field is Different!

Please keep in mind that these dosages are just standard, broad guidelines. Farming isn't one-size-fits-all! The exact amount your crops need can vary wildly from soil to soil, region to region, and customer to customer depending on your local soil pH (alkaline and lime-rich soils lock up boron), water quality, and crop stage.

• Test, Don't Guess (The Narrow Window): Boron is unique because the line between "just enough nutrient" and "too much" (toxicity) is very narrow. Over-applying Borax can harm crops instead of helping them. We always highly recommend a local soil test or consulting with a certified agronomist before launching a large-scale application.

• Storage and Care Tips: Store the bags in a cool, dry warehouse and ensure the packaging is tightly sealed. Borax can absorb atmospheric moisture or clump under pressure if left exposed to damp air. Always use clean, plastic containers for mixing.

• Our Liability: Because we cannot control weather patterns, individual soil chemistry, or how a customer stores, blends, and applies the product on-field, we provide this high-purity material but cannot guarantee final crop yields or performance. Final results are in nature's hands