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Fertilizer

Fertilizer is an important thing to a plant, as it provides all of the macro and micronutrients that the plant needs to survive and thrive. This collection of articles provides insight and understanding of some of the many different things used as organic fertilizers, from fish fertilizers to bone meal and everything in between.

A woman's hand holds a banana peel next to a lushly blooming rose bush featuring lush, double, soft pink flowers among green, jagged foliage.

Fertilizer

Should You Use Banana Peels to Fertilize Roses?

Garden folklore is filled with home remedies and DIY solutions that promise miraculous results. Banana peels as rose fertilizer is one that refuses to disappear. Gardening expert Madison Moulton examines the science behind this popular garden hack and explains why your roses deserve better nutrition.

Small dark wool pellets scattered across the soil surface, contrasting with the earth’s texture and ready to enrich the bed.

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Wool Pellets: Organic Fertilizer That Transforms Your Garden

A surprising garden amendment, wool pellets, turn agricultural waste into premium fertilizer with a host of other garden benefits. This sustainable alternative also supports farmers and improves soil health naturally. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains everything you need to know about wool pellet fertilizer.

A large pile of dark brown horse manure with a lumpy structure in a sunny garden, showing how manure can be harmful to a garden.

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7 Ways Manure Can Harm Your Garden: What to Look For

Manure, though smelly, is a wonderful amendment for the landscape. Whether you’re using cow or chicken manure, there are efficient ways to implement the stuff without harming plants, animals, and yourself! Watch for these seven ways manure can harm the garden, and learn how to use it best.

A gardener's hand holds a banana peel over a garden bed with young vegetable seedlings.

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Are Banana Peels Good for the Garden?

Banana peels pile up by the dozens, especially if you love eating bananas! These peels decay and provide essential nutrients to plants. Though they can be beneficial, they may cause harm in certain circumstances. Learn whether banana peels are good for the garden and how to use them best alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

Close-up of gardener's hands in grey gloves showing the best garden manure, brown in colour, with a wet, lumpy texture.

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What Type of Manure is Best for the Garden?

Manure is often called gardening gold for good reason. But with so many types available, which one should you choose? Gardening expert Madison Moulton explores the benefits and drawbacks of different manures and helps you choose the right one for your garden.

Close-up of a female hand in a black glove holding a handful of white granular fertilizer on a vegetable bed with growing carrots in the spring garden.

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13 Vegetable Garden Fertilization Tips for Spring

Are you getting your ultimate spring garden started this year? If so, it’s time to give them all the energy they need to flourish through the growing season. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers the best vegetable garden fertilization tips for spring.

Close-up of young tomato seedlings in a seed starter tray, possessing thin, hairy gray-pink stems and pairs of narrow, elongated cotyledons.

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Should You Fertilize Tomato Seedlings?

Your tomato seeds sprouted and they’re growing strong, but do they need any extra nutrients before they go in the ground? Former organic farmer Logan Hailey has all the information you need to properly fertilize tomato seedlings.

Homemade dark brown comfrey fertilizer in a white bucket, placed among blooming comfrey bushes with fuzzy green leaves featuring prominent veins, rising from thick, sturdy stems topped with clusters of delicate, bell-shaped purple flowers.

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How to Make Homemade Comfrey Fertilizer in 8 Steps

You can create a self-sustaining garden system by enriching the soil with organic materials and homemade fertilizers that fuel crops without requiring external inputs. Join soil expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey to learn how to make homemade comfrey fertilizer.