Tips for Plant Nutrition
Plants require three major nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K).

• Nitrogen fuels leaf and stem growth and is the nutrient that depletes fastest (especially in lawns).

• Phosphorus stimulates root growth and seed formation and is prominent in fertilizers used in fall.

• Potassium promotes flowering, fruiting, and disease resistance.

Fertilize with Caution
Follow this advice whenever you use fertilizers.

• Avoid overuse of fertilizers.

• Water plants and lawns well before using water-soluble products.

• Delay fertilizing newly planted trees and shrubs for a year.

• Do not fertilize plants stressed by drought.

• Do not fertilize and lime the lawn simultaneously.