Fertilzer Facts

4. A non-chemical that affects a plant's nutrient requirements
6. One use of side dressing is application to this type of plant
7. The major nutrients needed for plant growth that include nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium
10. A type of plant that does not root in soil
12. A lack of iron is also known as iron ___
13. This is what you do with water to get excess salts out of the soil
14. To get to the amount of potassium, in it's pure form, in a bag of fertilizer, you must factor in this weight
16. Deficiency of this nutrient causes browning of leaf margins
19. The numbers on a bag of fertilizer are referred to as the "fertilizer ____"
20. Type of fertilizer containing urea
21. An advantage of ready-to-apply fertilizers
22. This type of fertilizer contains various amounts of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium

1. Equal quantities of each nutrient in this type of fertilizer
2. A type of fertilizer comprised of living or dead organisms
3. This type of feeding is when fertilizer is applied to the leaves of a plant
5. A chemical or natural substance added to soil to increase fertility
8. Top dressing is this type of fertilizer application
9. Type of fertilizer approved by USDA accredited agency
11. This type of nutrient deficiency causes stunted growth and undersized new leaves
12. Lack of air to roots
15. This kind of fertilizer is concentrated and usually economical
17. This can cause a change in the pH of soil
18. These fertilizers contain elements like iron, copper, and zinc