BS EN 17725:2024

Plant biostimulants. Determination of the quantity (indicated by mass or volume). | Status: Current

1 Scope This document specifies the methods to be used for the determination of quantity of plant biostimulants sold or offered for sale. This document specifies the methods to be used for the determination of quantity of solid and liquid forms of plant biostimulants in packages, containers or in bulk. This document is not applicable to the quantity determination of: inorganic, organic and organo-mineral fertilizers, liming materials, inhibitors, soil improvers and growing media. This document is applicable to the blends of fertilizing products where a blend is a mix of at least two of the following component EU fertilising products categories: Fertilizers and Plant Biostimulants, and where the following category Plant Biostimulants is the highest % in the blend by mass or volume, or in the case of liquid form by dry mass. If Plant Biostimulants is not the highest % in the blend, the European Standard for the highest % of the blend applies. In case a blend of fertilizing products is composed of components in equal quantity or in case the component EU fertilising products used for the blend have identical formulations1, the user decides which standard to apply.