Thankfully, choosing this time is easy when it comes to many plants. "The best time to fertilize is in late winter or early ...

New soil mixes typically have fertilizer in them, which will be used by plants over the course of the growing season. Use a liquid fertilizer now to give plants a boost.

Young plants need fertilizer to grow strong and healthy, but when applied incorrectly, fertilizers can kill new grass. The most common cause of fertilizer damage in new grass is using too much ...

The three main nutrients in fertilizer are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). For general use, fertilizers with balanced NPK levels between 5 and 15 are “a pretty safe bet,” says ...

To understand why fertilizer works, we need to get some basic plant biology out of the way. Plants need large amounts of three nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. Combine those with ...

At ELIJA Farms in Dix Hills, New York, the fields are filled with rye and legumes early in the season. The rye keeps the soil from eroding and suppresses weeds because it grows all winter long.

Aside from arable land, most farm crops require significant amounts of water, fertilizer, nutrients and pesticides to grow. While specialized breeding is often used to help produce plants that ...