Sentences with phrase «by this plant fertilizer»

I swear by this plant fertilizer in my containers to give them a little boost.

I swear by this plant fertilizer in my containers to give them a little boost.

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Approximately 25 to 30 days after planting, and thereafter as needed, weeds and invasive plants are removed, or mixed with the soil as fertilizer, by mechanical means or, in extreme cases, by hand.

She then started «growing fertilizer» by planting avocado trees that provide shade for delicate coffee bushes, organic nutrients for the soil (the fallen leaves that now carpet much of the farm), and extra income for the family when the fruits are in season.

Guano is prized by Malcolm Beck and many organic farmers and gardeners for its properties as a plant fertilizer, soil builder, soil cleanser, fungicide, nematocide and compost activator.

I also want to send my prayers and condolences to those in Texas that were affected by the fertilizer plant explosion.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

Tests on tomato and pepper plants conducted by Joseph Kloepper, professor of plant pathology at Auburn University in Alabama, confirmed the fertilizer's potency.

Today about one quarter of that CO2 comes from industries that happen to be located close to old oil fields and produce lots of CO2 as a by - product, such as fertilizer manufacturing plants or cement kilns.

And, for now, farmers have to laboriously supply it by applying fertilizer or planting legumes, which host nitrogen - fixing bacteria in their roots.

Any nitrogen not taken up by plants is met by soil microbes that turn the fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone - depleting gas that is also 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium are essential plant nutrients, and fertilizers are graded by the amounts of these elements the fertilizers contain, also called their «NPK rating» (from those elements» abbreviations on the periodic table).

In the past, some people have argued that the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air would be partially offset by an increase in plant growth, caused by that additional (CO2): increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere should work like extra fertilizer and lead to increased plant growth.

By using fish excretions to feed plants, «you don't have to buy all these fertilizers that are made from petroleum products and that take energy» to produce and transport, says agricultural scientist James Rakocy of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), a longtime proponent of aquaponics who has a demonstration facility at his institution.

Phosphorus seeps into soils primarily by way of fertilizer and manure, and what crops and other plants don't use to grow then leaks into waterways with rain and snowmelt runoff.

The plants provide their insect partners with shelter and a supply of nectar, while the ants return the favor by serving as a source of fertilizer — in the form of fecal matter.

New insights into how plants regulate their absorption of an essential nutrient could help avoid pollution caused by excess use of fertilizer.

Over the 30 - year study, the researchers measured the amount of N - 15 labelled fertilizer N taken up by plants and they quantified the amount of fertilizer N remaining in the soil.

The team found that 61 to 65 per cent of the N - 15 fertilizer applied in 1982 was taken up by the sugar beet and wheat plants over the 30 - year study.

The researchers manipulated a nutrient in the drinking water of mice that is used by malaria parasites during an infection — just as a gardener might manipulate nutrients through fertilizers to favor certain plants.

The Nature paper suggests that microscopic plant growth in coastal areas, fueled by fertilizer runoff, is now leading to greater uptake of CO2.

fertilizer Nitrogen, phosphorus and other plant nutrients added to soil, water or foliage to boost crop growth or to replenish nutrients that were lost earlier as they were used by plant roots or leaves.

A study published last week in the journal PNAS by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, found that the presence of two nanomaterials used in exhaust gases and fertilizers stunt the growth of soybean plants.

The most recent breakthrough was made by a team of British and American biologists who report they've successfully infused tobacco plants with bacterial genes — a first step towards engineering crops that grow faster, offer higher yields and use less fertilizers.

fertilizer Nitrogen, phosphorusand other plant nutrients added to soil, water, or foliage to boost crop growth or to replenish nutrients that are removed earlier by plant roots or erosion.

Crop fertilizers, manure, sewage and exhaust spewed by cars and power plants all end up in waterways that flow into the ocean.

fertilizer Nitrogen and other plant nutrients added to soil, water or foliage to boost crop growth or to replenish nutrients that removed earlier by plant roots or leaves.

This work toward understanding the mechanisms of perception and acquisition of phosphorus by plants may eventually lead to a more effective usage of fertilizers.

Fertilizer plays a key role in agriculture by increasing the production of staple crops, controlling fertility and reducing the risk to plants from pathogens and subsequent plant diseases.

Farmers can use images captured by a drone to identify plants whose color, seen in the infrared, might reflect the use of too much or too little fertilizer.

It starts by learning how to best care for yourself, just as different types of plants need different fertilizers and sunlight strength.

By using natural remedies to kill weeds, buying organic fertilizers, creating your own compost, and recycling the weeds you pull, you can keep your plants healthy while keeping them natural.

NPK fertilizer is highly acidic — it disrupts the pH (acid / alkaline) balance of the soil and destroys microorganisms that change soil minerals into a form usable by plants.

heavy metals) and toxic fertilizer (aka bio sludge) which can be absorbed by plants.

Food plants from high acre yields, forced by chemical fertilizers, contain more carbohydrates and are lower in protein and minerals.

As in nature, in which the remains of fruits consumed by animals are decomposed and transformed in fertilizer for plants closing the loop, used appliance parts can be reprocessed and reintegrated into the production chain.

When the community of West, Texas was rocked by a devastating fertilizer plant explosion, the school closest to the blast was severely damaged.

From such materials fertilizers of almost any desired concentration can now be prepared, and by contrast with the antiquated., iniquitous, and in some States outlawed mixtures containing only 14 percent plant food, large tonnages containing 40 percent and considerable tonnages of 60 percent mixtures are currently sold.

The company produces salt (primarily used by cities for deicing roads but has many consumer and industrial uses as well), specialty potash (a premium fertilizer that improves the quality, yield, and shelf life of high - value fruit, vegetable, and tree nut crops), micronutrients (essential minerals that maximize plant yields), and magnesium chloride (used in numerous ways including roadway deicing, dust control, and as plant nutrients for wheat crops).

(In contrast, the nutrients in chemical fertilizers are already in inorganic form and so can immediately be used by the plants.)

Fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides may keep our plants and lawns healthy but their ingredients may be hazardous, even fatal, if ingested by a pet, the ASPCA says.

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One should also pay attention to other greenhouse gases, particularly methane (from rice paddies, ruminant animal digestive processes, industrial processes, and distributed natural sources, some of which could be triggered to large releases by warming) and nitrous oxide (from the nitrogen cycle linking the atmosphere, plants, and bacteria, now exacerbated by extremely heavy use of nitrogenous fertilizers in agriculture; note, as does Vaclav Smil from the University of Manitoba, that fertilizer use is required to feed half the world's current population.

(Nitrogen is a big problem in native plant areas because it's one of the limiting nutrients, and when it's supplied whether by fertilizer or grazing animals or rainfall, that tips the balance toward European and Asian annual grasses that are very shallow - rooted — they steal every drop of rain that falls, and then burn by midsummer when the N. American native perennials are just setting seed; after a few years the deep - rooted perennials are gone; after a few more years so is the topsoil).

On Thursday, the Obama administration announced a «comprehensive approach» to enlist American farmers in a voluntary effort to cut greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen oxides — through programs and incentives designed to reduce fertilizer use, encouraging tree planting, and turn poop into power by capturing methane.

By reducing carbon emissions through renewable fuel sources, we can reduce environmental degradation; by planting campuses with native trees, shrubs, groundcover, and grasses, we can reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides that pollute our streams and watershedBy reducing carbon emissions through renewable fuel sources, we can reduce environmental degradation; by planting campuses with native trees, shrubs, groundcover, and grasses, we can reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides that pollute our streams and watershedby planting campuses with native trees, shrubs, groundcover, and grasses, we can reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides that pollute our streams and watersheds.

The second, the Coffeyville Gasification Plant, recovers carbon dioxide from a fertilizer operation in southeast Kansas; a firm called Chaparral Energy compresses the gas and ships it 70 miles by pipeline to an oil field.

But in the Midwest, corn is the dominant crop, and officials say the increase in fertilizer use — driven by the increase in corn planting — is having an effect.

Beginning in 1994, a local NGO called Bio-tech pioneered the development of their «integrated waste recycling plant,» where large amounts of organic waste generated by the markets, slaughter houses, and restaurant kitchens are treated and converted into methane (cooking gas) and fertilizer.