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Fertigation

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In agriculture, fertigation means: The application of dissolved fertilizers through an irrigation system, usually drip, so that nutrients reach the roots with the water.

In Turkish: fertigasyon, sulama suyuyla gübreleme, gübreli sulama

How it is used

Common in greenhouses, orchards and high-value vegetables. Growers use a fertilizer tank, venturi injector or dosing pump and must use fully soluble fertilizers. It allows small, frequent doses matched to crop stage.

Example sentences

  1. With fertigation, we feed the tomatoes a little every day instead of a big dose once a month.

  2. Flush the drip lines with clean water after each fertigation cycle.

Common collocations

  • fertigation system
  • fertigation program
  • dosing pump
  • water-soluble fertilizer
  • venturi injector
  • drip irrigationA method that delivers water slowly and directly to the roots of each plant through pipes and small emitters, wasting very little water.
  • fertilizerA natural or manufactured substance added to soil or plants to supply nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and increase growth.
  • hydroponicsA method of growing plants without soil, with the roots in a nutrient solution or in an inert material such as rockwool, perlite or coco coir.
  • irrigation schedulingDeciding when to irrigate and how much water to apply, based on crop needs, weather data and soil moisture.
  • NPKNitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), the three main plant nutrients; also the three numbers on a fertilizer bag that show how much of each it contains.

More terms: Irrigation and Water

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