| Show best results produced by coarse fertilizer la Is a finely ground fertilizer better from the standpoint of availability to the plant than a fertilizer corn compound pound of coarse granules or particles the answer commonly affirmative may have to lie be revised if indications from froin preliminary tests by prof S D conner of purdue university are confirmed firt ned professor conner fertilized corn in tile the hill with a complete fertilizer in granular or pellet form and also alse with the same fertilizer finely ground applied in the same way and at this uple rate the coarse granules ll 11 have ve to ito date produced bigger corn plants than the finely ground fertilizer professor conners explanation Is that thi the finely ground fer fertilizer dilzer by reason of its more intimate contact with the soil Is fixed in the soil whereas with the coarse particles a comparatively small amount of the plant food Is fixed in the soil immediately surrounding the granules leaving a larger proportion of the plant food free for use by the plant professor conner points out that condition may not hold for nil all fertilizers in all soils but nevertheless erth eless may be an important consideration to in the use of ertain ert types of fertilizer Fertil tzer review |
