How To Use Fertiliser In A Sentence
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Using hydroponics, inorganic fertiliser, electric light and genetic modification we could in theory feed the entire world from a multi-storey farm the size of Wales.
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Whether they are chemical or organic, all fertilisers should be handled with care.
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Do conventional pesticides and fertilisers pose a health risk?
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It blames increased use of pesticides and fertilisers, habitat destruction, loss of mixed farms and changes to sowing patterns.
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The fertiliser releases nutrients gradually as bacteria decompose it.
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The shire's existing bowling club has become too expensive to maintain, especially with the price of labour and of materials such as fertiliser and weedicides constantly rising thereby putting more burden on a declining membership.
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The process is hastened by heavy inputs of chemical fertiliser and pesticides.
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But some days you can take a deep breath and still enjoy the distinctive aroma of organic fertiliser.
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The technology has been used on sewage sludge for more than a century and also produces a residue that is a valuable fertiliser.
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One of Britain's top trainers, Tim Easterby, who has 120 horses at Great Habton, Malton, uses the pure muck as a fertiliser on his own fields.
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Modern farming generates a significant amount of waste such as fertiliser bags, silage wrapping, barrels, scrap metal fencing wire drums and strings from bales.
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If you prefer using inorganic fertiliser, one of the complete granular products should be sprinkled either side of where the seeds are to be planted.
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This means forking in as much compost as you can spare and tossing in some pelletised poultry manure or granular complete fertiliser before you plant.
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Caribbean bananas taste better than dollar bananas because they are less chemical, less plumped up with fertilisers.
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To qualify for organic status, farmers must adhere to strict limits on artificial fertilisers and pesticides.
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Small peasants, engaged in rice, vegetable and banana cultivation, are unable to find a way out of growing indebtedness, due to the abolition of subsidies on fertilisers, agrochemicals and seeds.
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A few years ago environmentalists argued that fertiliser would soon run short, because it is made using natural gas, a fossil fuel.
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Many food producers import packaging, fertiliser or machinery from Europe.
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When the seedlings appear, fertilise with half strength liquid fertiliser and mulch.
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Apply a quick-acting fertiliser to build up the bulb as the leaves die down.
The Sun
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And, of course, the use of artificial fertilisers or pesticides is not permitted by any of the three bodies.
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Heavy doses of nitrogen fertiliser will tip the competitive balance in favour of grasses, and soon purple wood crane's bill, blood-red greater burnet, frothy white pignut and meadowsweet, yellow lady's bedstraw, globe flower and blue speedwells will vanish, leaving an "improved" pasture – more productive, more profitable, but oh-so dull.
Make hay meadow photos while the sun shines | Phil Gates
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If you are growing custard apples, bananas, sapodillas and carambolas, they could all do with a dressing of citrus and fruit tree fertiliser spread evenly around under the leaf canopy.
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Economic ecofeminists demand that products from unsustainable conventional fruit farms that use chemical fertilisers and pesticides should be taxed for polluting the environment.
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For instance, in one season a farmer may apply five bags of chemical fertilisers (for paddy crop) on one acre of land and reaps 30 bags of grain.
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The colossal amount of animal manure produced will be used for generating biogas and as fertiliser.
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They relied entirely on chemical fertilisers and pesticides to keep their crops growing.
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Give fruit trees and bushes a topdressing of organic fertiliser, or a mulch of well-rotted compost or manure.
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Deposition of nitric acid in particular may contribute to the equation as a fertiliser as well as a pollutant perse.
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Feed houseplants with a liquid fertiliser.
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Regular feeding with a general fertiliser will help to ensure that the plants are always supplied with adequate food materials.
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They relied entirely on chemical fertilisers and pesticides to keep their crops growing.
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Several members of Parliament owe the FRA millions of kwacha in unpaid fertiliser and seed loans.
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Another new trend is the theft of fertilisers and pesticides with 20,000 worth of chemicals taken in one raid.
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It grows easily without fertilisers or pesticides and is cheap.
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Could flesh and blood critters that are roundly considered to be destroyers of grass be more effective at making it grow than a machine that sprayed a carefully measured mixture of seeds, fertiliser, and plasticised mulch?
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In the afternoon, we spray it with liquid fertiliser.
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They invited tenders for the distribution of fertiliser throughout the country.
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This year we will compare the results of crops grown with rock dust, manure, chemical fertilisers and an unfertilised control.
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The main cause is the expansion of farming on to permanent grassland and the widespread use of fertilisers.
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This will oblige hundreds of farmers to limit their use of chemical fertilisers and animal manure.
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It grows easily without fertilisers or pesticides and is cheap.
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Fishmeal and other fish-based fertilisers also supply valuable trace elements.
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Balanced granular fertiliser can be applied around all established plants in spring.
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There are also large gas-fields of ‘fossil’ methane, buried in rocks and now running out as we use the gas as fuel and chemical feedstock for many materials including fertilisers.
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Feed houseplants with a liquid fertiliser.
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The meadow, which until recently was a magnificent relic of ancient pasture, is now approaching the usual nitrogenous-fertiliser-fed ley so common anywhere.
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A light dressing of fertiliser in the middle of April will help to get the lawn going.
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In my opinion the application of fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides makes for better quality food.
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But I also like to know that it's been grown without chemicals and pesticides and fertilisers.
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New Delhi: The government is toying with the idea of allotting land lying idle with various non-functional state-run fertiliser and cement companies to ArcelorMittal and Posco which are facing problems in acquiring land for their proposed plants.
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Feed the camellia with a multi-purpose fertiliser with balanced NPK and prune out any weak growth or dead branches, leaving only the strongest.
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Give them a dose of granular fertiliser to keep them vigorous and the flowers large.
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It has lived a blameless life in a field of joy, innocent of pesticides and artificial fertilisers.
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The fertiliser will be particularly beneficial for the organic noni growers.
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My pots are washed and stacked, the fertilisers are in an airtight tin and the pest sprays are good to go.
The Sun
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In effect it is accessing more of the nitrogen fertiliser than it would be able to normally.
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To qualify for organic status, farmers must adhere to strict limits on artificial fertilisers and pesticides.
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The crops need fertilisers and pesticides which are made from oil; processing also requires considerable energy.
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Rubbish is something we tut-tut at when we come across sweet wrappers, fertiliser bags or even a discarded fridge stuck in a roadside ditch.
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It blames increased use of pesticides and fertilisers, habitat destruction, loss of mixed farms and changes to sowing patterns.
Times, Sunday Times
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Don't forget to liquid fertilise the seedlings fortnightly using half strength liquid fertiliser.
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I like to incorporate a capful of liquid wetting agent into the water when I am feeding my annuals, vegetables, pot plants and hanging baskets with soluble fertiliser.
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Dig some fertiliser into the soil first.
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A decision was made in 2010 to use pre-germinated ryegrass seeds, with growth aided by fertilisers, watering and natural sunlight.
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Then, in the spring, apply a general-purpose fertiliser, such as Growmore, and lightly fork it in.
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He then sends them to a lab for tests which tell him which fertiliser to use to produce a good harvest.
The Sun
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But going by the poor performance trends in the growth of the sector, the government had by 1997 about-turned and abandoned the liberalisation of fertiliser and fixed the prices for the whole of the country.
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The process is hastened by heavy inputs of chemical fertiliser and pesticides.
Times, Sunday Times
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Whether they are chemical or organic, all fertilisers should be handled with care.
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One of the problems was that the super yields were obtained at a cost regarding the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
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Once they have been rootled up to the surface by a wild boar, or the farmer has stopped drenching his field with fertiliser, or Longhorn cattle have trampled down the bracken, they burst into glorious life.
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They like sandy unimproved soil because they don't respond well to manure and fertilisers.
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After the war, farmers became much more heavily reliant on the use of fertilisers and pesticides, rather than manure and compost, he says.
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The port's deep-water dry bulk terminal currently handling Russian fertiliser exports has just doubled its throughput capacity.
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It will not have the offensive smell of raw pig waste and will hopefully be available to farmers at less than the cost of imported fertilisers.
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From its large port, London regularly sent out vessels laden with animal hides, whale oil, tallow, dried fish and meats, fertiliser and wools.
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Get some more fertiliser for the garden.
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The annual survey of willd flowers by the charity Plantlife found plants that can tolerate high levels of nitrogen from the artificial fertilisers used in farming, like the common nettle, cow parsley and lords-and-ladies, are flourishing.
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As your bulbs finish flowing, don't cut them back, but continue to feed them with liquid fertiliser over the foliage.
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In the afternoon, we spray it with liquid fertiliser.
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Try to alternate between some of the different liquid fertilisers I have mentioned.
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The indiscriminate use of fertilisers is damaging to the environment.
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Previous attempts to break down the plant into reusable material and fertiliser have been defeated because of its high moisture content.
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It avoids wasting lime and fertiliser, which in turn leads to optimum yields.
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But going by the poor performance trends in the growth of the sector, the government had by 1997 about-turned and abandoned the liberalisation of fertiliser and fixed the prices for the whole of the country.
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They blame fertiliser run-off, increased irrigation drawing water from the river, and rising salination as tidal effects reach further up the delta from the South China Sea.
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Bulgaria's exports to Jordan consist mainly of fertilisers, chemicals, ferrous metal manufactures, live animals and meat.
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And, of course, the use of artificial fertilisers or pesticides is not permitted by any of the three bodies.
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An important alternative to fertiliser from fossil fuel is biosolids recovered from sewage.
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Food grown without artificial fertiliser and pesticides is the reason we will pay more.
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Were they at the camp with 'supergrass' Mohammed Junad Barbar, the key witness for the prosecution in the current ongoing terrorism trial codenamed Crevice thwarted fertiliser-bomb vehicle plot at the Old Bailey?
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It has lived a blameless life in a field of joy, innocent of pesticides and artificial fertilisers.
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Nutrients in fertiliser and slurry encourage aggressive species such as nettles and thistles at their expense.
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Do conventional pesticides and fertilisers pose a health risk?
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Investing in specialist advice to squeeze more from fertiliser inputs now could help you stay in front of those changes.
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Deposition of nitric acid in particular may contribute to the equation as a fertiliser as well as a pollutant perse.
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In came pergolas, rockeries, chemical fertilisers and garden centres.
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The process is hastened by heavy inputs of chemical fertiliser and pesticides.
Times, Sunday Times
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A few years ago environmentalists argued that fertiliser would soon run short, because it is made using natural gas, a fossil fuel.
Times, Sunday Times
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The ‘conservationist’ fields covered practices such as late mowing of grass to allow the hatching of birds like the godwit and oystercatcher, leaving a perimeter strip untouched and using less fertiliser and weedkillers.
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It has lived a blameless life in a field of joy, innocent of pesticides and artificial fertilisers.
Times, Sunday Times
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To qualify for organic status, farmers must adhere to strict limits on artificial fertilisers and pesticides.
Times, Sunday Times
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The grassy banks, constructed about 150 years ago, have never been treated with pesticides or fertilisers.
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I now really need a lawnmower, some round up, a spade and fertiliser.
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The year was 1956 and Ballina was a busy port even though the bar at Killala Bay and the Moy channel was difficult for the small coasters that mostly carried coal, timber, fertilisers and starch.
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On the other hand, the large-scale mono-cropping of medicinal species, which need inputs of artificial fertilisers, and large scale spraying of dangerous and expensive biocides is not a sustainable practice.
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They are even catering to the trendies by giving away their used coffee grounds for fertiliser, and promoting various other politically correct causes.
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A quick feed with general lawn fertiliser now will plump up grass blades.
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Give them - and all flowering shrubs and hedges - some rose fertiliser if not already done.
The Sun
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Downturn in the fertiliser market coupled with rising production costs and wet weather has put a strain on the industry.
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The process is hastened by heavy inputs of chemical fertiliser and pesticides.
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It has built new, specialised quays for handling cement, timber and scrap metal, and several warehouses for bulk fertilisers and other dry cargoes.
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I suggest you add another Triton tube and include an aquarium plant fertiliser.
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The peasant bought a bag of chemical fertiliser in the market place.
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The port deals mainly in bulk cargo such as timber, steel scrap, building materials, cereals and fertilisers.
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Throughout history, grazing has been the most effective way of boosting the fertility of soils without recourse to chemical fertilisers.
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Dig some fertiliser into the soil first.
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After they have been planted for a week, fertilise with half-strength liquid fertiliser.
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Avoid dung or urine patches and areas where fertiliser or lime was heaped or spilled.
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He had confessed to buying nearly a ton of chemical fertiliser for the bomb and to supplying the mini-van in which it exploded but he denied planning the attack and his lawyers will appeal against the sentence.
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Your 60-minute action checklist Continue feeding the tomato plants and courgettes with a liquid fertiliser such as Maxicrop.
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In one week, fertilise with half strength liquid fertiliser.
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Fluoride used in water fluoridation is a poison, a toxic by-product of the fertiliser industry.
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The main cause is the expansion of farming on to permanent grassland and the widespread use of fertilisers.
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Grasses other than perennial ryegrass give a poor return for money spent on fertiliser.
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Feed in spring and summer with a balanced liquid fertiliser, to help speed up growth and enhance the plant's health.
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There is no point in applying this fertiliser regardless of the availability of grass.
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In the afternoon, we spray it with liquid fertiliser.
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Quentin came down the stone steps from the front door and paused briefly in the shrubbery to remind Will Palmer that the incurved chrysanthemums they were nursing for Kingsmarkham flower show were due for a dose of liquid fertiliser.
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Synthetic fertilisers and pesticides are banned and soil fertility and pest control is achieved through crop rotation and mixed farming systems.
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The composting units would use household organic waste to create natural fertiliser and the anaerobic digesters would produce methane gas which could be used to generate electricity and create home heating.
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Others put it down to the local seaweed used as fertiliser.
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To qualify for organic status, farmers must adhere to strict limits on artificial fertilisers and pesticides.
Times, Sunday Times
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Roses will grow and flower more freely if given fertiliser.
The Sun
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The residue of ash went into fertiliser or was mixed into clay for brickmaking.
Times, Sunday Times
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One of the problems was that the super yields were obtained at a cost regarding the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
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Add moisture retaining granules and slow release fertiliser to the compost and gradually harden the plants off before putting them outside completely at the end of the month.
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Organic food is produced without the chemical fertilisers and pesticides used in conventional food production.
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If blue hydrangeas are wanted, avoid using fertilisers that are high in calcium.
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A draft scheme for the supply of seed oats, wheat, barley, potatoes and fertilisers was put to the council.
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Heavy doses of nitrogen fertiliser will tip the competitive balance in favour of grasses, and soon purple wood crane's bill, blood-red greater burnet, frothy white pignut and meadowsweet, yellow lady's bedstraw, globe flower and blue speedwells will vanish, leaving an "improved" pasture – more productive, more profitable, but oh-so dull.
Make hay meadow photos while the sun shines | Phil Gates
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The fertiliser is a biosolid which is the end result of waste-water treatment process.
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This means forking in as much compost as you can spare and tossing in some pelletised poultry manure or granular complete fertiliser before you plant.
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Under amendments to the Waste Management and Licensing Regulations, livery yards, stables and riding schools who add anything to their muck to compost it for fertiliser will be eligible for the fee.
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Ammonium nitrate fertiliser is common in Bundaberg farming sheds - but is also the key ingredient in making some terrorist bombs.
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Oil gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons, crude aluminium, refrigerators, freezers and fertilisers top the list of imports from Romania.
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Besides, both north-east and south-west monsoons have a higher level of rainfall which may discourage farmers from applying more fertilisers.
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If your plant is wilting, the sensors will text your mobile and warn you to add more fertiliser.
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Other causes of this are discharges of inadequately treated sewage from urban centres, poorly sited or malfunctioning septic tanks and run-off of fertilisers from afforestation areas.
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Instead of fertilising small plots of land with natural fertilisers, thousands of hectares are fertilised with substances that do not occur naturally.
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The commercial side of shipping continues to be busy, with ships arriving from Latvia carrying bagged fertiliser.
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He doesn't use pesticides, or chemical fertilisers; he keeps a few bees to pollinate the flowers.
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Food grown without artificial fertiliser and pesticides is the reason we will pay more.
Times, Sunday Times
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Fertilisers contain high concentrations of nitrogen to help promote the growth of crops.
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Make sure plants are well-watered before repotting and applying fertiliser.
The Sun
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Toxic pesticides and chemical fertilisers we use in our agricultural fields ultimately reach our waters and pollute them.
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And we all already know about the damage caused by fertilisers, pesticides, chemicals in our food, and fishing these days.
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Step up the nitrogen in the fertiliser and the yield goes up at the expense of flavour and storage life.
The Sun
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Imports of nitrogen fertilisers are currently charged a 25 per cent customs duty.
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A hike in India's massive and wasteful fertiliser subsidy would add another splash of electoral gravy.
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Farmers, in particular, have been urged to be careful where and when they apply slurry and fertilisers.
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Given the benefits of less fertiliser, liming and ploughing costs and better crop yields it is little wonder.
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It turned out he had forgotten to inspect my fertiliser storage facilities and was very apologetic about the oversight.
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However, a healthy aquarium with lush plant growth will use the organic matter on the gravel as a plant fertiliser.
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This ensures better results when using soil-engaging equipment, fertiliser spinners, yard scrapers, mowers, toppers, tedders etc.
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Give fruit trees and bushes a dressing of autumn fertiliser, low in nitrogen but high in potassium and phosphorous.
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Polyhalite is a form of potash, which is a key component in fertilisers.
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He criticised modern methods of cultivation and pointed out that the use of chemical fertilisers had affected soil fertility.
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The chimneys at these fertiliser plants are fitted with scrubbers to trap these toxins, and all of this noxious material is collected in a solution known as scrubbers liquor.
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Farmers could earn substantial guaranteed income by utilising spare farm buildings to feed pigs - and use the muck to reduce fertiliser costs and boost cereal yields.
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Already the first brown areas are appearing on the machair where well-rotted weed has been spread not only to enrich the light sandy soil but also to help bind it in a way artificial fertilisers never could.
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Now is the time to take out all those rubber tyres, plastic sheeting, supermarket trolleys, fertiliser bags and other general rubbish that has collected at various places along the river.
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Your report incorrectly stated that organic food has not had various chemicals like fertilisers or insecticides sprayed on it.
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F Fertiliser substrate Compound mixed with gravel to promote plant growth.
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He brought a coffee grinder and bags of unground fertiliser.
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Another new trend is the theft of fertilisers and pesticides with 20,000 worth of chemicals taken in one raid.
Times, Sunday Times
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It says nitrogen fertilisers and pesticides derived from oil are bound to become more expensive.
Times, Sunday Times
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Burning this important resource (on the farm or at the power plant) enslaves the farmer to a cycle of increasing fertiliser use and decreasing productivity.
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Fertilisers contain high concentrations of nitrogen to help promote the growth of crops.
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Deposition of nitric acid in particular may contribute to the equation as a fertiliser as well as a pollutant perse.
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It monitored the water and assessed the impact of leakage from landfill, sewage plants and septic tanks, and spreading agricultural fertilisers and chemicals on land.
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‘The bottom line is the costs have gone through the roof for feedstuffs, fertiliser and veterinary care,’ said Councillor Cronin.
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This year we will compare the results of crops grown with rock dust, manure, chemical fertilisers and an unfertilised control.
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It had been noted by agriculture experts that Zambia being a landlocked country has high cost of importation that makes landed price of fertiliser abnormally high.
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If a farmer does not apply lime in his field, the application of fertiliser will be a sheer waste of time, money and labour as soils form what are known as hard pans and remain blocked.
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The indiscriminate use of fertilisers is damaging to the environment.
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Regular feeding with a general fertiliser will help to ensure that the plants are always supplied with adequate food materials.
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The farmers wanted inputs such as fertiliser, chemicals, stockfeeds, grain bags, and other inputs to be zero-rated.
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The plants are sustained by water, enriched with calcium, potassium, nitrogen and other fertilisers.
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Cabbages tolerate heavier soils well, so long as there is enough humus and fertiliser, as they are heavy feeders.
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Mansukhbhai has also developed a seed-cum fertiliser dibbler.
Rediff.com
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A few years ago environmentalists argued that fertiliser would soon run short, because it is made using natural gas, a fossil fuel.
Times, Sunday Times
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If you won't remember to feed them regularly, also add some granules of slow - release fertiliser.
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I suggest you add another Triton tube and include an aquarium plant fertiliser.
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These crops need heavy inputs of pesticides and chemical fertilisers.
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Instead, go for a fertiliser with a higher potash and phosphorus content, such as bonemeal or even tomato feed.
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The use of fertilisers causes phosphates and nitrates to be washed into water courses, or the soil, and they eventually make their way into lakes or basin mires like Moorthwaite Moss.
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The research team found that 3 to 5 per cent of the nitrogen in fertiliser was converted and emitted.
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A hike in India's massive and wasteful fertiliser subsidy would add another splash of electoral gravy.
