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What Is So Great About the Liquid Fertilizer?
There are so many advertisements on TV that claim that liquid fertilizer is the best and has no competition. Home centers are loaded with colorful packages promising that their product is the best among liquid fertilizer brands. Seeing the hundred of different names, you will wonder which of these really work and which of these you should take home. Exactly for this purpose, you will need to try a few out.
What Is the Most Important Factor That a Plant Needs From a Fertilizer?
Plants need light, they need water and they need nutrients. Among these nutrients vital to its existence and growth, there are nitrogen, potassium, micronutrients, phosphorus, iron and so on. Among these the most important is the nitrogen. Look on the label of the product and ensure that your fertilizer has nitrogen in it.
The liquid fertilizer is most often water soluble that is it will dissolve when mixed with water. The advantage of this property is that the roots can profit since the water along with all the nutrients go directly to the roots. In this way you can apply the right quantity in the right place which is not possible when using the dry fertilizer. Not only that, since the liquid can be used anytime, it can be applied as many times it is needed right to the roots.
In view of the above, the liquid fertilizer should be used more when the lawn or areas of use is small. Over a large area the liquid fertilizer is not suitable because it is inaccurate and cannot be spread as fast for it to go down at the roots. This is why for larger areas; the dry fertilizer is a better choice.
The liquid fertilizer should always have a good percentage of nitrogen which is the most important ingredient for the plant. The fertilizer consists of Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium which is usually represented as N-P-K and their percentage on the labels in indicated as such for example 7:7:4 this means that there is 7 percent Nitrogen, 10 percent Phosphorous and 4 percent Potassium.
Each type of plant has a certain particular requirement in terms of special percentage of these ingredients. If you want to purchase a liquid fertilizer for the lawn, ensure that you know what percentage of nutrients are required so that you can buy the right combination. |