Plant food requirements for your garden
The three essential elements ( nitrogen , phosphorus , and potash ) together with the “ agents ” are secure by plants from the soil , and these are termed collectively “ plant intellectual nourishment . ” Manures . Manures may be included under this heading , and , purely speaking , they supply a measure of plant food for thought to the plants . However , their chief note value lies in the supplying of good grain , more weewee - holding capacity , heavy aeration , fermentation and its action upon soil element , and the introduction of the necessary moment being which are implemental in changing unavailable compounds into usable shape ....