Fertilizer & Nutrition Archives - Page 6 of 10

May 27, 20220

All About Organic Fertilizer

In a perfect world, your garden's soil would provide all the nutrients plants need. But in the real world, garden, and lawn soil -- and thus the

May 22, 20220

Amending soil and mulching are two different practices, but they relate to one another closely and an understanding of both is necessary for prop

May 15, 20220

If you have been growing hydroponically for a while, you may have heard of some hobbyists adding molasses to their nutrient solution, or you may

April 17, 20220

Composting is one of many organic gardening tasks that have become unnecessarily complicated. Composting is the cycle of plant life that Mother N

March 5, 20220

It is the rare gardener indeed who moves into a house with great soil. In fact, many gardeners believe that it takes up to seven years to “amend’ mos

March 2, 20220

A common error when buying a chemical fertilizer is failure to read the label, not just what are the “fertilizer” elements (NPK) given on the fro

February 28, 20220

Adding good rich compost to your gardens is one of the smartest things you can do as a gardener. Compost is pure organic matter and when added to the

February 19, 20220

Why not just use chemicals? It's a reasonable question. After all, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are chemicals, so where is the advantage i

December 16, 20210

Growing hydroponically can become a pricey venture, so it's smart to examine ways to reduce the total cost of a hydroponic growing operation. But

November 5, 20210

Eventually the gardening world tries a new technology in pursuit of bigger, better, and healthier plants. A trend that started several years ago