Article: Fertilizers help give gardens necessary nutrients

How green does your garden grow? That depends on your fertilizer.

Fertilizer is any material that supplies nutrients to plants, according to the Cooperative Extension Office of the University of Alabama.

Fertilizers can be classified into one of two categories: organic or inorganic.

Organic fertilizers are derived from living or once-living material. These materials include animal wastes, crop residues, compost and numerous other byproducts of living organisms. Inorganic fertilizers are derived from nonliving sources and include most of our man-made, commercial chemical fertilizers.

Before you decide on a fertilizer, you need to consider the nutritional needs of your garden or lawn. After ...

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