fertigate
verb
to fertilize and irrigate at the same time, by adding fertilizers to the water supply
fertigation
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a word derived from
fertigate.
Example Sentences
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Through a process known as "fertigation" -- dripping precise quantities of water and nutrients at the base of individual plants -- crops can be grown in almost any soil, even with brackish water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each fertigation makes the plant grow very rapidly for two to three weeks, more I suspect as a result of improved nutrition than from added moisture.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
The first fertigation may only need 2 gallons.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
Irrigation: Especially on determinate varieties, periodic fertigation will greatly increase yield and size of fruit.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
In terms of increased yield for water expended, it is well worth it to provide late varieties with a few gallons of fertigation about mid-June, and a bucketful in mid-July and mid-August.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
