fertilizing
Adding plant nutrients
Fertilizing is adding nutrients to soil or plants to promote growth, or introducing sperm or pollen to an egg or ovum to begin reproduction.
The agricultural and biological senses share the idea of enabling new life: fertilizing the lawn, fertilizing the garden beds, the moment of fertilizing the egg.
The word works as both a present participle and a gerund.
Animal waste as fertilizer
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- tillingCultivating soil for crops
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- seedingPlanting or ranking
planting · mulching · irrigation · soil amendment · crop rotation · transplanting · weeding · hoeing
Element seven, colorless gas
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- potassiumNineteenth element, symbol K
- micronutrientsVital substances needed minimally
- organic matterMaterial from living sources
humus · bone meal · seaweed · guano · vermicompost · blood meal · kelp · ammonium
Flower reproductive transfer
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- impregnationInfusion or fertilization
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
procreation · implantation · fecundity · in-vitro · sperm · ovum · zygote · gametes
Seed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- thrivingSucceeding vigorously
budding · ripening · maturation · verdancy · greenness · fruit set · vigor · lushness
Gathering mature crops
- crop productionRaising plants for harvest
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- productivityOutput relative to input
- outputWhat something generates
bushels · tonnage · bountiful · bumper crop · agricultural output
From living matter
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- biodegradableAble to decompose naturally
- green manurePlants tilled into soil
soil health · ecofriendly · regenerative · low-impact · chemical-free
manure
Animal waste as fertilizer
seeding · planting · mulching · irrigation · soil amendment · crop rotation · transplanting · weeding · hoeing · harrowing
nitrogen
Element seven, colorless gas
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- potassiumNineteenth element, symbol K
- micronutrientsVital substances needed minimally
organic matter · humus · bone meal · seaweed · guano · vermicompost · blood meal · kelp · ammonium · nitrates
pollination
Flower reproductive transfer
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- impregnationInfusion or fertilization
breeding · procreation · implantation · fecundity · in-vitro · sperm · ovum · zygote · gametes
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- flourishingProspering vigorously
thriving · budding · ripening · maturation · verdancy · greenness · fruit set · vigor · lushness
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- crop productionRaising plants for harvest
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- productivityOutput relative to input
output · bushels · tonnage · bountiful · bumper crop · agricultural output
organic
From living matter
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- biodegradableAble to decompose naturally
green manure · soil health · ecofriendly · regenerative · low-impact · chemical-free
- fruit growingfruit trees, harvesting, pruning, grafting, fruit picking
- cultivationplanting, propagation, grafting, cuttings, transplanting
- planting preptillage, plowing, cultivation, harrowing, furrows
- tree carearborist, tree surgeon, pruning, trimming, tree trimmer
- onion growingonion seeds, transplanting, thinning, bulbing, curing
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
fertilizingdepleting
Progressively using up
exhausting · stripping · leaching · impoverishing · starving
fertilizingsterilizing
Destroying all microorganisms
aborting · neutering · castrating · spaying · contraception
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