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While fertilizing your plants is not generally recommended in hot weather, sometimes they need an extra boost. Is there an ...
Q: I have 40 containers filled with annuals, and I am getting tired of having to mix up fertilizer with water and using the ...
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Homeowner’s Guide to Garden Fertilizers
Fertilizing your garden shouldn’t have to be so complicated! But with a huge variety of fertilizers on the market and different solutions for different plant types, it’s difficult to know where to ...
Avoid fertilizer costs by using this guide's most affordable organic fertilizers – both store-bought and otherwise – and build a more sustainable garden.
Soluble fertilizers are good for annuals and tropical planted in containers or in garden beds. The nutrients are immediately available which is good. The problem is that they are easily leached ...
If you routinely garden with this homemade fertilizer mix, you won't need to apply additional lime to your garden. The mix is formulated so that it automatically distributes about 50 pounds of ...
Nitrates (“N”, the first element in the fertilizer formula) may well be needed but come with considerable environmental harm. Synthesizing nitrates for fertilizers is an energy-intensive process that ...
These fertilizers are also lower in nitrogen, which is the first number shown in the values expressed as 15/5/10 for example. The number 15 stands for the nitrogen percentage, 5 the phosphorus ...