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
  • It’s the steel or the battery in a car, or the wheat that’s grown with fertilizer in a loaf of bread.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 15 June 2022
  • Brazil is the largest importer of fertilizer in the world.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Bonus read: How the war in Ukraine is pushing the world to find a new, greener recipe for fertilizer.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2022
  • All the spring fertilizer has either done its thing or been lost to spring rains.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2022
  • 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
  • Keep the soil moist and feed every three months with the slow-release fertilizer.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Last fall, fertilizer plants in Britain were forced to close because of gas prices.
    — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • And the falling price of energy has helped bring down the cost of fertilizer.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Water once or twice a week and skip the fertilizer until the plant is ready to move outdoors.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • So is a huge chunk of the world’s urea fertilizer made from natural gas.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • And that fertilizer — so eye-watering to work with — was messing up the rivers and bays.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
  • 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
  • The runoff contains fertilizer from farms and lawns, which is made of nutrients that cause plant growth in the water.
    — Courtney Di Vittorio, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Two men from New York have died after using bat poop as a fertilizer to grow cannabis.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • To thrive, any plant needs light, water and fertilizer.
    — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • It’s stored in piles, often in sheds, until it’s spread on fields as fertilizer.
    — Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
  • 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 a good weed control and fertilizer program for this turf?
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • What is the timing of fertilizer for azaleas, rhodies etc.?
    — oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The headlines about high oil and gas prices seem far away from products like plastic wrap or lawn fertilizer.
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Too much fertilizer can cause less showy blooms and the foliage to overdevelop.
    — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Compare that to many of today’s farmers, blasting the soil with synthetic fertilizers and killing the system.
    — Steven Fabos, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Elena Colon, a scientist with the organization who has studied that section of water, said she’s seen frequent algae blooms and other problems that could be linked to sewage and fertilizer runoff in the inner bay.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025

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