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== Buying fertilizer ==
Most fertilizers on the market come in 2 categories; general nutrients for the vegetative stage and flowering (or bloom) nutrients for the flowering stage of growth. Vegetative nutrients contain large amounts of Nitrogen and flowering nutrients contain mostly Potassium and Phosphorus. There are also solutions that provide micronutrients, sugars, and acids to boost growth even further. There is also a distinction between organic and synthetic fertilizers/additives. This mostly refers to the method of extraction, origin, and form of the nutrients included in the fertilizer. For example, amino acids can be synthesized chemically or they can be provided organically via fish meal. Synthetically derived nutrients tend to be in salt forms. Both organic and synthetic nutrients can be used together, and the decision of whether to use the former or the latter is often decided by an individual's growing arrangement.
== Common Fertilizer Ingredients ==
=== Acids ===
Acids ''chelate'' other nutrients making them more water-soluble and thus more available to the plant. Humic acid is commonly used to increase the number of nutrients that the cultivar can absorb.
==== Amino Acids ====
=== Sugars and Carbohydrates ===
Molasses and oligosaccharides.
=== Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) ===
Nutrients can be provided to a cultivar via concentrated liquid solutions, dry amendments, organic materials, and even other organisms living in the growing medium.
If you are trying to provide NPK organically you can check the NPK values of most organic materials at [https://thenutrientcompany.com/blogs/horticulture/npk-value-of-everything-organic-database thenutrientcompany.com]
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