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, ...

Which fertilizer for vegetable gardens is best? If you look across the fence and envy your neighbor’s lush, productive vegetable garden, take heart: it’s all in the fertilizer. Fertilizer makes the ...

Healthy soil is essential for thriving plants. Unfortunately, not all plants thrive on the same nutrient levels. If your vegetables, shrubs or flowers look like they’re struggling, they could be ...

Background and aims Vegetables provide an important source of selenium (Se) for many regions of China. Excess nitrogen (N) fertilizers are commonly used for vegetable production. In this regard, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A two-year study evaluated an organic fish fertilizer in a squash/collard rotation, and compared its effectiveness to inorganic sources. Although yields were reduced in the crops grown with hydrolyzed ...