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In order for your garden to be healthy and prosper, your installation will require a wide range of nutrients from the soil. Although there are more than a dozen major nutrients needed plants, the three most important nutrient potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen.
As you shop in passageways garden supply shops, you quickly notice that those three digits are displayed prominently on fertilizer bags together with the corresponding figures. In some cases, these numbers will be shown as N, P and K. The figures show the percentage of the nutrients contained in bags by weight. If you mark the bag is 10-10-10 about it, it shows that there is an equal amount of each nutrient in particular, that the brand of fertilizer.
So, what fertilizer for your garden, and which of these nutrients your soil needs if he needs any all? The best way to find out is to conduct a so-called soil tests. You can find a wide variety of soil testing materials available as on the Internet, and garden supply stores. These kits will allow you to determine the pH of your soil and make adjustments as necessary, taking into account the results of your soil test. (more…)