Figuring Out What Fertilizer to Use

Fertilizer is food for your plants. But different plants have different nutrient needs, so it's important to know your plants’ needs and do your homework before you purchase and apply fertilizers.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Fertilization and Soil Chemical Modification
• Fertilizers
• Fertilizing Established Trees
• Fertilizing Under the Canopy

UF/IFAS Publications

• A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping: Florida Yards and Neighbors Handbook
• Development of Bahiagrass Fertilization Recommendations: 1990-2005
• Fertilization and Irrigation Needs for Florida Lawns
• Fertilization of Field-Grown and Landscape Palms in Florida
• Fertilizer Management – Key to a Sound Water Quality Program
• Fertilizer Recommendations for Landscape Plants
• Fertilizing the Garden
• General Recommendations for Fertilization of Turfgrasses on Florida Soils
• Optimum Fertilization Management for Vegetable Crops Grown in Florida in the BMP Era
• Selected Fertilizers Used in Turfgrass Fertilization
• The Florida Fertilizer Label

Other Sites

• Fertilizer Selection and Application--Cornell
• Fertilizer Selection and Application--SOCWA
• Fertilizing Landscape Trees and Shrubs--Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Selection of Fertilizers--New Mexico State
• Soil Fertility--University of Utah Extension
• Turfgrass Fertilization--University of Illinios Extension