What do those numbers on bags and boxes of fertilizer and soil amendments really mean? And what is the difference between a fertilizer and an amendment? Whether a material is considered an amendment ...

As home gardeners, we often focus on the visible aspects of plant care—sunlight, watering, and, of course, fertilizing.

Question: I checked my left over fertilizers and I have six different kinds of fertilizer. Do I really need that many? Could you give us some basic information about plant fertilizers? Answer: I don’t ...

In nature, plants adapt to the nutrients their soils provide, but our gardens are hardly a state of nature. They are full of plants from all over the world being stretched to do things they wouldn’t ...

Dr Metodi Zlatev and Dr Jan Lampke, Haver & Boecker Niagara, Germany, discuss how efficient screening technologies can be used to optimise fertilizer production and engender a more sustainable process ...

What do those numbers on bags and boxes of fertilizer and soil amendments really mean? And what is the difference between a fertilizer and an amendment? 'The Real Dirt' is a column by various local ...

What do those numbers on bags and boxes of fertilizer and soil amendments really mean? And what is the difference between a fertilizer and an amendment? ‘The Real Dirt’ is a column by various master ...