fertilize

Example Sentences

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In addition to rising fuel costs, farmers in the Central Valley say they are stockpiling fertilizer and looking for otherways to fertilize their crops.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

But syrup producers do not plant, irrigate, fertilize or use insecticides on their self-sufficient forests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Whether we use it to fertilize a resurgent democracy, or throw it in everyone’s face, including our own, is really up to us.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

Pull unwanted plants up yourself, plant species that will outcompete weeds, use mulches to cover problem areas and fertilize your soil naturally with compost and old leaves.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

I could see it happening: the flowers are turned upward, and if the sraf were falling straight down, it would enter their petals and fertilize them like pollen from the stars.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman