Summary: The Importance Of Fertilizer

Fertilizer is a great product to help plants grow in a garden. Many gardeners have tested different techniques to see what helps plants grow faster. Some gardeners tested fertilizer. They wanted to see if fertilizer would increase or decrease how fast plants grow. Through the experiment, they notice that depending on which fertilizer you use, it can help increase or decrease the way plants grow. Of the many important components needed for plants to grow, fertilizer is one that can have a very positive impact on the strength, health, and rate of growth in garden plants.

Fertilizers are also called plant food elements. In the article, Bo-Ching Chen and Hung-Yu Lai “effects of nitrogen fertilizers of the growth and nitrate content of lettuce”,

According to the article, “How do fertilizers help plants grow?”, fertilizer will give plants the good nutrients they need. As long as it’s the right amount of fertilizer added to the soil it will help it grow quickly. Adding a slow release of fertilizer during the planting process is a good choice because it allows a certain amount of fertilizer chemicals to be observed at one time. Fertilizers can encourage the rapid growth of plants. Nitrogen is considered as a growth booster and a greening agent. When using fertilizer, it will not only ensure the plants receives the proper amount of nutrients, it will also ensure their lush growth. A plant can take in fertilizer through two different ways. One is by the root system, and the other is through the foliage dressing. If fertilizer is use the proper way, it can restore the natural chemical composition of the soil. As long as the fertilizer give the plants the nutrients that it need, then the plant should grow quickly (1).

Although fertilizer is a good product for plants, people still disagree with it. In The article,“How can fertilizer harm plants?” Home Guides, it states that fertilizer can kill plants. If you over fertilize the soil, it can cause pests, diseases, and root damage.If you put too much fertilizer into the soil, it can burn the plants which can kill the plant. Although fertilizer can help plants grow

The gardeners had use two different types of fertilizer to see which one will help the plants grow faster. One type of fertilizer that help the plant growth process is Jobes Fertilizer, which is an organic. Another one is Miracle Gro, which is an all purpose plant food. In a cardboard seed starter pot ,the gardeners placed soil into each pot. In the first two pots, it was the control group which was just regular soil, In pot 1,2,3, and 4, it was miracle gro mixed in with the soil and in pots 5,6,7, and 8 jobes fertilizer was mixed in with soil. The gardeners watered the plants everyday and kept light on them so they can grow. They also took the PH scale, moist level of the soil, height of the plant, color of the plant, and number of leaves everyday. As they were waiting ,they made a hypothesis which was that Fertilizer will grow the plants faster than just regular soil. At the end of the experiment ,the gardeners found out that their hypothesis was