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What is fertiliser used for?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Plants do need nutrients beyond H2O, CO2, and sunlight ... mostly various minerals and "fixed nitrogen" ... that means nitrogen compounds rather than nitrogen gas.

Fertilizer is an attempt to supply those needs faster than nature would do it on her own.

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17y ago

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