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- verb Present participle of
overfertilize .
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Examples
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Ms. Coelho recommends something like "Celebrity," a mid-season stocky plant that's very productive and produces eight-ounce tomatoes but beware overfertilizing, of which my reader's plants seemed in some peril.
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For example, Peter Vitousek, a Stanford ecologist said in an interview, "There's a great danger in doing something like, oh, overfertilizing a cornfield to boost biofuel consumption, where the carbon benefits are far outweighed by the nitrogen damage."
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Avoid overfertilizing with nitrogen, but use a fertilizer slightly higher in phosphorus and potassium.
Rockford Register Star Home RSS Sandi Andresen 2010
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If you're also overfertilizing, as many people do, the runoff can carry nitrogen and phosphorus that pollute rivers and lakes.
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If you're also overfertilizing, as many people do, the runoff can carry nitrogen and phosphorus that pollute rivers and lakes.
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It’s hard not to point out that a kid is overfertilizing a plant in our greenhouse, but I let them make those mistakes because I think there’s a value in them.
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