What is the best lawn fertilizer that you should be using on your lawn
Recently set up a new 28 gal tank. Waiting for the cycling to be done. In the mean time I am researching plants. Don’t want the fake plastic kind, want to go with real. Does anyone have any suggestions for a excellent fertilizer to use? I want to use liquid form. Thanks.
This fungicide contains 2.3% Thiophanate-methyl, which is severely toxic to earthworms. If I apply this product, would the earthworm population decrease even if there is 2.3% of the toxic ingredient?
In this video we show you how to test if a fertilizer has nitrates rather than urea or ammonia as its nitrogen source. The thought is quit simple, in a strongly acidic solution the nitrates will behave like nitric acid and dissolve copper metal releasing nitrogen dioxide gas. Looking for this gas is a strong indication for the presence of nitrates. WARNING: these reactions produce toxic nitrogen dioxide gas, this must be performed outside or in a fume hood. To perform the test, simply mix some of your fertilizer with water to dissolve the nitrates and then mix it with hydrochloric acid. Then add in some copper metal. The reaction is very slow to start up unless you heat it. A nerdy way of heating it on the spot without using a heater is to add a small ball of aluminum metal, don’t use too much or it will go out of control. Stir the mixture as the aluminum dissolves to distribute the heat evenly. After the mixture is heated, place a glass container over the mixture to keep the gases in. If nitrogen dioxide is forming the distinctive brown nitrogen dioxide will fill the container. And that’s how you can tell if there are nitrates in your fertilizer. If you want to test for ammonia (in case you have ammonium nitrate) just mix some fertilizer with half as much sodium hydroxide and add a small water to cover it. If it starts bubbling and releasing ammonia gas then it contains ammonia. Our website www.nurdrage.com For more information on the chemistry visit the web page at sites …
I’m growing my first tomato plant. Its in a pot on my front step (I have no lawn or garden or dirt patch what-so-ever). There’s about a million green tomato’s popping out all over the place but I’m worried that its going to get infested really quick and I’m so proud of my small guys that I don’t want them to get ruined. Is there any pesticide that I can use? I’m worried I should have tought of this a while ago so I’d like pointers on what I can do to salvage my crop this year and what I can do earlier next season too. I also have one bell pepper plant that I want to protect. I’m interested in organic methods and the chemical stuff. I didn’t expect to care about my baby sized garden this much…
