Fertilizers
What Does Wintering Mean for Your Lawn and Garden in 2026?
Learn what wintering means for your lawn and garden, plus the exact fall prep steps that protect roots, soil, and turf before the first freeze.
What Does Wintering Mean for Your Lawn and Garden in 2026?
Wintering means actively preparing your lawn, garden, and soil for cold-weather dormancy so roots, turf, and beneficial organisms come back stronger in spring. The term also carries a broader meaning from Katherine May's book "Wintering: The Power of Rest and...
Amino Acids for Plants: What They Are and Why Your Garden Needs Them
Most gardeners know plants need nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Far fewer know that a plant spends a surprising amount of its own energy turning that nitrogen into something it can actually build with — amino acids. Feed a plant amino...
Can You Over-Water and Under-Feed at the Same Time? Diagnosing Mixed Symptoms
If you've ever stared at a droopy, yellowing plant and thought, "I water it religiously — why does it look starved?" — you're not imagining things. Overwatering and underfeeding aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, they're frequent co-conspirators, and telling them apart is...
Best Fertilizer for Tomato Plants: NPK Ratio, Organic Options & How to Apply
A tomato plant that's all leaves and no fruit isn't unlucky — it's underfed, or fed the wrong thing at the wrong time. Tomatoes are heavy feeders with needs that shift dramatically as they grow, and using one static fertilizer...
Why Are Your Yellow Flowers Turning Pale? Fast Fixes
Why Are Your Vibrant Yellow Flowers Turning Pale? How to Fix It Fast There's nothing quite like a bed of bold, sunshine-yellow blooms — until they start fading to a washed-out, ghostly version of themselves. If your marigolds, sunflowers, daffodils,...
How to Add Nitrogen to Your Soil: A Complete Guide
Nitrogen is the engine behind every lush, deep-green garden. It drives leaf growth, powers photosynthesis, and sets the baseline for how well every other nutrient performs. Get it right, and your plants grow fast and strong. Get it wrong —...
Best Fertilizer for a Vegetable Garden: Complete Guide for Healthy Growth
Best Fertilizer for a Vegetable Garden: Complete Guide | GS Plant Foods Walk into any garden center and the fertilizer aisle will overwhelm you. Dozens of products, different NPK ratios, granular vs. liquid, organic vs. synthetic — and no obvious...
How to Harvest Dill: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to Harvest Dill: A Step-by-Step Guide | GS Plant Foods Dill is one of the most rewarding herbs you can grow — but harvesting it well is a skill of its own. Pick too early, and you miss out...