How to Use fertilizer in a Sentence

fertilizer

noun

• They use chemical fertilizers on their lawn.
• We only use organic fertilizer in our gardens.
• Next, sprinkle fertilizer over all the bare soil, to the edges of the canopy.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• The plants need to be treated with fertilizer because the soil’s not right.
  — Jessie Kissinger, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
• In the absence of a test, use a 12-6-6 fertilizer every six weeks.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
• Use the right type and amount of fertilizer for normal growth.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• The areas of the lawn that receive the proper amount of fertilizer will have a healthy, dark green color.
  — Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2023
• And the falling price of energy has helped bring down the cost of fertilizer.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 15 Jan. 2023
• The cave was first accessed in 1831 by the owner of the surrounding lands, who was looking for bat guano to use as fertilizer, per the study.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
• To thrive, any plant needs light, water and fertilizer.
  — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• The fertilizer used at these times should be high in nitrogen.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2022
• The grass will attempt to grow using the fertilizer but then will quickly wither and die due to lack of moisture.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2024
• What is the timing of fertilizer for azaleas, rhodies etc.?
  — oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
• Too much fertilizer can cause less showy blooms and the foliage to overdevelop.
  — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
• Once the biosolids had dried adequately, they were picked up by a company to use the waste as fertilizer for feed crops.
  — Holly Mullen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
• The war caused a huge spike in prices for food, fuel and fertilizer, causing inflation in the euro area to rocket.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
• Russia was also the world’s top exporter of fertilizer before the war.
  — Karl Ritter, ajc, 12 Mar. 2023
• When the deal was inked, the UN agreed in parallel to improve access to Russian food and fertilizer exports.
  — Megan Durisin, Fortune, 17 July 2023
• The fish waste goes through a biodigester, where bacteria converts it into fertilizer for the plants; the fish themselves, along with the greens, head to market.
  — David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• Your plants are not going to look ugly for long as keeping them moist and applying fertilizer should help push out the new growths.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
• With plenty of water, fertilizer and feed, the beast kept growing.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• And once built, farms can further pollute the coasts with runoff like fertilizers and antibiotics.
  — Erik Vance, New York Times, 28 May 2024
• Apply fertilizer, water, and add a layer of mulch at the top to protect shallow roots.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
• The whales would dine on krill at the bottom of the ocean, then rise up to breathe and relieve themselves, releasing great clouds of fertilizer to feed the phytoplankton at the top, which in turn fed the krill.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• To empty, simply unzip the vacuum bag and dispose of the clippings, or spread them around the lawn as fertilizer.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
• Ukraine is also a huge exporter of corn, and Russia of fertilizer – other critical parts of the food chain.
  — Courtney Bonnell, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2023
• Solowey rushed to add fertilizer and switched to potable water instead of the saline water usually used for crops here, trying to give the frail sprout the best shot at survival.
  — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• And many farmers are using less fertilizer in their fields.
  — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
• This is a great time to test your soil and add amendments like compost, manure, or slow-release fertilizers, followed by a layer of mulch.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
• All that water mixes with chemicals already on the ground, like pesticides, oils, and fertilizers, as well as debris blown off battered houses, trees, and buildings during the storm.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024