With the ‘going green’ movement gaining momentum, are the tables turning in the world of fertilizers? In the beginning, soil nourishment came from the natural process of decomposing leaves, grass clippings, manure, etc.

The application of fertilizers? through an irrigation system has been used effectively in agriculture for decades.

Every landscape manager has them, places where turf just won?t survive because people take short cuts.

In Little Shop of Horrors, a down-on-his-luck shopkeeper’s assistant named Seymour discovers a rare plant species that brings him fame and fortune. The plant is christened Twoey (short for Audrey II), after Seymour’s secret love, Audrey. But Twoey is no ordinary plant. He is, in fact, an alien that lives off of human blood. “Feed me, Seymour, feed me!” he cries. And Seymour has no choice but to open up his veins in reply.

Simply put, fertigation is the combination of fertilization with irrigation. It uses the irrigation system to deliver a slow, steady supply of nutrients to the entire landscape.

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In a world of one-stop shopping, more and more landscape contractors are discovering that it is extremely profitable to offer add-on services to many of the projects they complete. Jobs that were once sub-contracted out, such as landscape maintenance, are now being seen as additional sources of revenue.

The science of soil and plant management (agronomy) is rather complex; to master its principles takes years of study and education.

When the pilgrims first arrived in America, they were taught by the indigenous people how to grow crops.