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Biostimulants: A New Wave for Fertilizers


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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN Bionutrition, or biofertility as some prefer, was a misunderstood and under-appreciated approach to plant health.   More
 
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Fall Fertilization...Timing is Everything


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According to the popular 1960’s song, “To everything there is a season—a time to plant, a time to reap.” Perhaps, if Pete Seeger had been a landscape contractor, he would have written, “A time to plant and a time to fertilize.”    More
 
Thursday, September 23, 2010 ROBIN WESTMILLER

Fertilizers: Organic vs Chemical


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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.    More
 
Thursday, February 18, 2010 ROBIN WESTMILLER

Fertigation: Using Your Irrigation System to Correct the Feast


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The application of fertilizers? through an irrigation system has been used effectively in agriculture for decades.    More
 
Monday, April 21, 2008

Fertilization Can Help Turf Withstand Traffic


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Every landscape manager has them, places where turf just won?t survive because people take short cuts.    More
 
Monday, April 21, 2008

Fertilizer: Knowing What`s In the Bag


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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.    More
 
Saturday, March 1, 2008 AMANDA RICHTER

Fertigation: Tap into the Benefits


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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.    More
 
Sunday, April 1, 2007

Fertilizer: The A-B-Cs of the N-P-K

 
Thursday, March 1, 2007

Fertigation: Putting Landscapes on a Liquid Diet


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Power Water is a vitamin-fortified, pastel-colored container of H20 that is shiny packaged, and name-branded. Photo courtesy: EZ Flo Power Water is a vitamin-fortified, pastel-colored container of H20 that is shiny packaged, and name-branded. Equally as important, it is beginn    More
 
Saturday, April 1, 2006 JAMES HAMES

Fert...Fertilize...Fertigate...Fertigation


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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.    More
 
Sunday, May 1, 2005 RICHARD LENTI