Fertilizer

Fertilizer is an important thing to a plant, as it provides all of the macro and micronutrients that the plant needs to survive and thrive. This collection of articles provides insight and understanding of some of the many different things used as organic fertilizers, from fish fertilizers to bone meal and everything in between.

Close-up of young tomato seedlings in a seed starter tray, possessing thin, hairy gray-pink stems and pairs of narrow, elongated cotyledons.

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Should You Fertilize Tomato Seedlings?

Your tomato seeds sprouted and they’re growing strong, but do they need any extra nutrients before they go in the ground? Former organic farmer Logan Hailey has all the information you need to properly fertilize tomato seedlings.

Homemade dark brown comfrey fertilizer in a white bucket, placed among blooming comfrey bushes with fuzzy green leaves featuring prominent veins, rising from thick, sturdy stems topped with clusters of delicate, bell-shaped purple flowers.

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How to Make Homemade Comfrey Fertilizer in 8 Steps

You can create a self-sustaining garden system by enriching the soil with organic materials and homemade fertilizers that fuel crops without requiring external inputs. Join soil expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey to learn how to make homemade comfrey fertilizer.

A grape plant with fruits at the back, showing leaves turning yellow with green veins, as signs of lacking minerals and nutrients.

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What Is Chlorosis? Treating Iron Deficiency in Plants

If your plants have yellow leaves with green veins, they’re likely suffering from chlorosis. Although there are numerous causes of this issue, iron deficiency is one of the most common. Farmer Briana Yablonski will further explain this issue and provide ways to fix it.

A person wearing black gloves holding dark brown soil mixed with azomite fertilizer using two hands

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How to Use Azomite in the Garden

Modern soils are depleted of trace minerals, which can reduce the vigor of our plants and the nutrient-density of our food. In this article, soil expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains how to use Azomite to remineralize your soil.

NPK fertilizer. Close-up of a garden trowel filled with NPK fertilizer next to a watermelon plant. Fertilizers are granular and have blue ball-shaped granules.

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What Is NPK? Understanding Garden Fertilizers

All plants require nutrients to grow, but it can be difficult to understand how to apply fertilizers and the necessary nutrients. Learning about the NPK ratio is a great place to start your journey into the fertilizer world. In this article, vegetable farmer Briana Yablonski will explain what NPK means and how you can use it to select the best fertilizer for your garden.

Close-up of a gardener's hand holding a blue spade with white granular fertilizer near a flowering Asclepias syriaca plant in a sunny garden. It features tall, upright stems with broad, lance-shaped leaves that are arranged in opposite pairs along the stem. Common milkweed produces clusters of small, fragrant pink to purplish flowers atop the stems.

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Do I Need to Fertilize Native Plants?

Whether you’re starting a new garden or enjoying a well-established landscape, you know that plants require some regular maintenance. If you’re a fan of native plants, you may have wondered if you need to fertilize them on a regular basis like some of your other garden plants. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen will help guide you through some tips for caring for your native plants.

Spring fertilizing. Close-up of a gardener's hand in a black glove applying fertilizer to young lettuce in the spring garden. He applies fertilizer with a blue garden trowel. The salad has a rosette of oval, oblong, wide green leaves.

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11 Tips for Fertilizing Your Garden this Spring

As your garden awakens from a cold, dormant winter, now is the time to nourish your plants for a flourishing season ahead. Former organic farmer and garden expert Logan Hailey explains 11 essential tips for optimizing spring fertilization.