Warm climates need fertilizer every one to two weeks; cooler zones may only need it once per season. Start with nitrogen-rich fertilizer at transplanting, then switch to phosphorus-rich for better ...

Using fertilizers in a vegetable garden helps to increase your yield and have strong, healthy plants that have better resistance to pests and diseases. Fertilizers can be organic and inorganic, ...

Q: I have my lawn fertilized professionally, and I was wondering if it affects or contaminates the vegetables in my nearby garden. Please advise. A: If it's just fertilizer, any drift or runoff would ...

Organic gardeners recommend using worm castings as a fantastic, non-toxic fertilizer that can boost soil health and help you have thriving plants ...

Should you go with granular or liquid — or maybe fertilizer spikes? Slow release or quick release? Organic or synthetic? Do you even need to fertilize and, if so, when should you apply it? Fertilizing ...

GS Plant Foods has launched a new OMRI-listed Organic Liquid Kelp Concentrate made from Norwegian Ascophyllum nodosum for ...

Garden fertilizer is essential for a lush, leafy garden, especially if your soil is lacking in key nutrients. Not all soil is healthy enough to grow what you’ve planted, even if you’ve used potting ...

Rice water is a no-cost, natural fertilizer that's proven to improve plant root, leaf, and even fruit growth. It works better on some vegetables than others.

One memorable mistake as a newbie gardener was thinking that if a little fertilizer is good, a lot must be better. That was the year of too much chicken manure in the tomato garden. The plants were ...

Total: $595.03 By Pam Lundborg Home and Real Estate editor During the Great Depression, when money was tight and food was scarce, home-grown produce sprawled beyond farms and into the lots of urban ...