The health and balance of nutrients in your soil can make or break you as a gardener and sometimes it needs a little bit of help to supply the right balance of nutrients to ensure your plants can thrive—this is often where fertilizer comes in! Fertilizer is a material that we add to soils to amend the nutrient balance, in turn aiding in the growth and overall health of our plants. Fertilizers can be kind of confusing, though!

There are different types of fertilizers, it can be challenging to know when to apply them, where to apply them, how much to apply, and how often.