If you fertilize plants in winter when they're not growing, you risk damaging them in five ways. This guide looks at when and when not to fertilize in winter.

Skip winter fertilizing in cold climates—plants can’t use nutrients in frozen soil. Warm-climate gardeners can fertilize in winter if plants are actively growing. Feed perennials in early spring, and ...

Discover the most common winter plant care mistakes and learn how to avoid them for healthier plants. Get expert tips on ...

Winter fertilizers are essential for preparing cool-season grasses, which thrive in fall and require nutrient support during colder months. Proper timing for winterizing depends on grass type, with ...

A wheel barrow upturned on a lawn covered in fall leaves with trees and a small shed in the background. - Kate Stock/Shutterstock While many homeowners feed their turfgrass in the spring, it isn't ...

Among the many mistakes everyone makes when growing crepe myrtle, improper care during the winter is the nail in the coffin that will kill your beautiful, blooming trees. Crepe myrtle trees ...

Q: What do you do about fertilizing house plants in winter? I have read that I should stop fertilizing. For how many months should I not fertilize them? A: Like you, I have read that house plants are ...

Q: I watched your webinar last fall on overwintering geraniums, and I’ve been growing them under lights in the basement like you suggested. They are doing very well and flowering, but I don’t know if ...

Too much fertilizer can get washed into creeks that feed the bay. There, the nutrients spawn huge blooms of algae that choke the bay and cut off sunlight to beneficial plants, which die and create ...

University of Minnesota's Southern Research and Outreach Center’s Winter Crops Day draws growers weighing fertilizer ...