Sentence examples for lawn fertilizer from inspiring English sources

Nitrogen from car exhaust fertilizes the soil just as common lawn fertilizer does and favors faster-growing nonnative plants.

For the fertilization treatment, a commonly available granular lawn fertilizer (Osmocote 301, Scotts, Marysville, OH, USA) with a 15 N : 11P : 13 K : 2 Mg elemental ratio was used as the basic fertilizer and a commercial nutrient solution (Peters1, Scotts) with a 20 N : 20P : 20 K elemental ratio as the supplemental fertilizer.

Mr. Karsten often uses lawn fertilizer with more than 20 percent nitrogen (and no added herbicides).

But so-called nonpoint sources of pollution, like lawn fertilizer and septic tanks, have been far harder to control.

(The bill pertains only to lawn fertilizer and does not include commonly used pesticides for grubs and other insects).

One row of straw he treated with scoops of balanced lawn fertilizer, another with plain nitrogen and a third with chicken manure.

A new county law that takes effect next January prohibits the application of lawn fertilizers between Nov. 1 and April 1.

But Richard Martinez, the chief environmental officer of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company in Marysville, Ohio, a major retailer of lawn fertilizers, said April 1 was an artificial boundary.

Stormwater is typically laden with some combination of pollutants from a list including petroleum products, pesticides, lawn fertilizers, animal waste, sand, salt, grit and debris.

Under the law, which was expected to be signed by County Executive Andrew J. Spano this week, lawn fertilizers containing phosphates will no longer be allowed in Westchester as of January 2011.

The students' work is designed to show whether contaminants like salt used to clear roads in winter, lawn fertilizers and animal droppings are being dumped in the river as a result.