{f} impregnate, inseminate; enrich the soil by the addition of organic or chemical substances (also fertilise)
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
To fertilize land means to improve its quality in order to make plants grow well on it, by spreading solid animal waste or a chemical mixture on it. The faeces contain nitrogen and it is that which fertilises the desert soil. chemically fertilized fields. = enrich
fer·ti·lize fertilizes fertilizing fertilized in BRIT, also use fertilise. When an egg from the ovary of a woman or female animal is fertilized, a sperm from the male joins with the egg, causing a baby or young animal to begin forming. A female plant is fertilized when its reproductive parts come into contact with pollen from the male plant. Certain varieties cannot be fertilised with their own pollen. the normal sperm levels needed to fertilise the female egg Pregnancy begins when the fertilized egg is implanted in the wall of the uterus. + fertilization fer·ti·li·za·tion The average length of time from fertilization until birth is about 266 days
To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows
means a substance containing 1 or more recognized plant nutrients, which substance is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use, or claimed to have value, in promoting plant growth Fertilizer does not include unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes, and other materials exempted by rules promulgated under this part
Any of a large number of natural or synthetic materials, including manure and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compounds, spread on or worked into soil to increase its fertility
Pronunciation: 'f&r-t&l-"Iz&r : one that fertilizes; specifically : a substance (as manure or a chemical mixture) used to make soil more fertile (use browser back button to return to previous page)
Any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is added to a soil to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants
Supplemental nutrients for your plants, often purchased as an inorganic derivative of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash You can also use composted manures as an organic alternative
A substance that is put on the ground to help crops and other plants grow better Fertilizers give plants nutrients Fertilizers can be man-made chemicals or natural materials such as manure Flock: The name used for some groups of animals of all the same kind For example, birds, goats, sheep, geese, etc
fer·ti·liz·er fertilizers in BRIT, also use fertiliser Fertilizer is a substance such as solid animal waste or a chemical mixture that you spread on the ground in order to make plants grow more successfully. farming without any purchased chemical, fertilizer or pesticide. S3 a substance that is put on the soil to make plants grow. Natural or artificial substance containing the chemical elements that improve growth and productiveness of plants. Fertilizers enhance the natural fertility of the soil or replace the chemical elements taken from the soil by previous crops. The use of manure and composts as fertilizers is probably almost as old as agriculture. Modern chemical fertilizers include one or more of the three elements most important in plant nutrition: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Of secondary importance are the elements sulfur, magnesium, and calcium
Any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) added to a soil to supply one or more elements essential to plant growth
an organic or inorganic material, such as manure or chemicals, that is put on or in the soil to improve the quality of the soil and encourage better plant growth