Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden

The amount and type of fertilizer your vegetable garden needs depends on the natural fertility of the soil and what type of vegetables you're growing. Have your soil tested before purchasing fertilizer. Testing is available through your local Extension agent.

UF/IFAS Publications

• Fertilizing the Garden
• Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
• Producing Garden Vegetables with Organic Soil Amendments
• Soil Preparation and Liming

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Fall Vegetable Gardening
• Maintaining the Vegetable Garden
• Renovating Your Flower and Vegetable Gardens
• Spring Vegetable Gardening
• Vegetable Gardening: Introduction
• Vegetable Gardening with Raised Beds
• Vegetable Gardens from Seed

Other Sites

• Fertilizing for a Successful Garden--Utah State University Extension (PDF)
• Fertilizing the Vegetable Garden--Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Fertilizing the Vegetable Garden Should Not Be Taken Lightly--Penn States College of Agricultural Sciences
• Fertilizing Vegetable Gardens--Oregon State University Extension
• Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden--University of Illinois (PDF)
• Risks of Using Manure as a Garden Fertilizer--University of Minnesota Extension
• Vegetable Garden: Soil Amendment and Fertilization--Colorado State University Extension (PDF)