Often gardeners in the early days of spring have an impulse to apply fertilizer to help plants restore themselves, but acting too quickly can sometimes interfere with what they really want. Plants make their own food through photosynthesis, and they really don’t benefit if I rush around with emergency meals. Their biology is capable of manufacturing basic carbohydrate energy … [Read more...] about When to apply spring fertilizers
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Best fertilizer for lawn in autumn
The cool nights and mild days of early autumn are just what grass needs to repair itself from the strains of a long growing season that began last April. This is the time to look in garden centres for bags of autumn turf fertilizer, and October is the month to get it spread across the lawn. If I’m able to fertilize the grass only once a season, autumn is the most crucial time, … [Read more...] about Best fertilizer for lawn in autumn
Making sense of fertilizers
I’ve never thrown away partially used containers of fertilizer products, but just keep pushing them to the back of the shelf. If they’re stored cool and dry, the nutrients remain fully potent indefinitely. However, the shelves in both basement and garage are now full, and some sorting needs to be done. These are organic and manufactured (sometimes referred to as synthetic) … [Read more...] about Making sense of fertilizers
