
If you want the best crop of super-nutritious, tasty leaves or leafy vegetables, providing crops with lots of nitrogen is a must. Nitrogen promotes lush, green growth and can be given to plants in many different forms. But what makes a good nitrogen fertilizer for vegetables?
A nitrogen fertilizer for vegetables can be organic or synthetic, providing a long-term source of nutrients or a quicker dose. Whether you opt for natural compost, blood meal, or fish meal, or go for synthetic fast-acting ammonium sulfate or water-soluble fertilizers, the best fertilizers for a vegetable garden are best applied at the right time, and only in the recommended amounts.