Ammonium sulfate disrupts hard water antagonism and conditions spray water in two ways:
1. The weakly bonded ammonium ion disassociates from the sulfate, leaving the double-negative sulfate wide open for attraction to the double-positive hard water minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and iron.
2. The disassociated single-positive ammonium ion is attracted to the single-negative glyphosate molecule, becoming more readily accessible to targeted plant.
AMS treated water prevents hard water mineral antagonism of glyphosate. Ammonium ion attaches to glyphosate for enhanced uptake. Ammonium sulfate disrupts hard water antagonism of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides.