Healthy soil leads to healthy plants! Keeping your vegetable garden supplied with sufficient nutrients will lead to vigorous growth, robust vegetation, and more produce. While fertilizing isn’t always ...

All plants require several key nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for healthy growth, but some plants need more than others. Yellowing leaves, stunted growth, weak stems, and poor ...

Recently the Duval County Health Department issued a health alert for toxic blue-green algae in the St. Johns River. The cause of the bloom has been attributed to excess nutrients in the river, ...

As plants put on new growth this spring, they can benefit from essential nutrients that help them become healthy and strong. Plants can be very different and have their own unique requirements, but ...

There are 17 nutrients that are essential for plants to grow and thrive. They are grouped into macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients. Macro-nutrients are those nutrients that plants use in larger ...

Christmas cactuses bloom in winter, when the days grow cool and short. While low light levels trigger flowering, fertilizing Christmas cactus at the right time and in the right way is key for getting ...

Booker T. Leigh shows how to apply lawn fertilizer, and Cathy Faust pressure cans green beans. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, retired UT Extension Agent Booker T. Leigh ...

September is the ideal time to apply slow-release nitrogen fertilizer to cool-season lawns. Use high-nitrogen, low-phosphorus blends to protect waterways and follow local rules. Use a spreader to ...

Person spreading granular fertilizer on a plant - VH-studio/Shutterstock Whether you're on a quest to maintain a lush, vibrant lawn or a garden full of thriving plants, you likely rely on fertilizer ...