A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested. The fertilizer, struvite, offers a triple win for sustainability and crop production, as it recycles nutrients from ...

Plants need phosphorus to grow. Farmers' use of mineral phosphorus fertilizers has greatly increased soil phosphorus fertility and, consequently, crop yields. However, these fertilizers are made from ...

Banding phosphorus can provide a faster response than a broadcast application if you’re planting corn in cool soils. There are additional considerations, however. Earlier this week, we received a ...

New research from the University of Minnesota points to lawn fertilizers and pet waste as the dominant sources of nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants in seven sub-watersheds of the Mississippi River in ...

A few astute readers asked why there is no phosphorus in the lawn fertilizer they bought this year. Of course, my retort was, "Why are you buying lawn fertilizer this time of year as you can't ...

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Q: Can you provide any feedback on growing Arabian jasmine here in the Las Vegas Valley? I read on the internet to use a 10-30-10 fertilizer but can’t find any for home use. On the internet, folks ...

If phosphorus stayed locked in the soil, farmers would have wasted money on fertilizer they didn’t need. And excess phosphorus in soil can hinder the uptake of essential plant micronutrients and alter ...

Struvite, shown here, is a slow-release fertilizer capable of reducing nitrogen and phosphorus leaching relative to monoammonium phosphate, the leading fall-applied fertilizer in the Midwest. In a new ...