Patent ID: 7637054

Claim:
A method of enhancing growth of a plant in a media, said method comprising: (a) receiving information that a stable, aqueous solution comprising a surfactant and a nitrate is effective for both odor control of the media and plant growth enhancement; (b) producing an odor control solution by mixing a surfactant and a source of nitrogen in an aqueous solution, wherein the nitrogen comprises between 2 and 50% wt of the solution and the surfactant comprises at most 0.02% wt of the solution, and wherein the source of nitrogen is a nitrate; (c) provisioning the odor control solution for addition to the media; (d) advising an end user to dilute the odor control solution by at least 100; and (e) advising the end user that the diluted solution is effective for both odor control of the media and plant growth enhancement.