Your garbage just might be your garden’s treasure. Here’s what you need to know about using eggshells to help your plants ...

“Banana peel is a great way to give flowering plants a natural boost of potassium, which supports nutrient movement within ...

When it comes to healthy plant growth, potassium is one of the three essential nutrients (along with nitrogen and phosphorus). While all plants need this supplement, quite a few benefit from larger ...

Turning leftover pumpkins into fertilizer gives your garden a natural nutrient boost while keeping food waste out of landfills. Pumpkin scraps release vitamins and minerals like potassium, phosphorus, ...

Plants have two separate potassium uptake systems, the transporter HAK5 and the channel AKT1. Depending on the potassium concentration in the soil, one or the other system is responsible for the ...

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The Potash Development Association (PDA) has highlighted the role played by cover crops in recycling soil nutrients.

Soil testing methods are still largely the same as they were 100 years ago, and researchers and farmers continue to struggle to interpret the numbers. However, a soil test is a good place to start ...

Feb. 20 (UPI) --Soils around the world are running low on potassium, a key nutrient needed for plants to grow. This ultimately means we may not be able to grow enough food for everyone. But it's not ...

Potassium deficiency in agricultural soils is a largely unrecognised but potentially significant threat to global food security if left unaddressed, finds new research involving researchers at UCL, ...

Globally, more potassium is being extracted in harvests -- small quantities of potassium are essential for every crop we grow -- than are being added to fields in fertilizers. This unsustainable ...