Show best results produced by coarse fertilizer Is a finely ground fertilizer better front from the standpoint of availability to abe plant than a fertilizer compound of coarse granules or particles tile the answer commonly affirmative firma tive may have to be relied if indications from preliminary tests by prof S D conner of purdue university are confirmed professor conner fertilized corn in the hill with a complete fertilizer in granular or pellet form and also with the same fertilizer finely ground applied in the same way and at the same rate the coarse granules have to date produced bigger corn plants tha than n the finely ground fertilizer ti professor conners explanation Is that the finely ground fertilizer tIll ti zer by reason of its more intimate contact with the soil Is fixed in the soil whereas with the coarse particles a comparatively small a amount in aunt of the plant food Is fixed in the soli soil immediately surrounding the granules leaving a larger large r proportion of the plant food free for use by the plant professor conner points out that this condition may not hold for all fertilizers in all soils but nevertheless may be an important consideration in the use u se of certain types of fertilizers fertl lizera F fertilizer 1 er review |