fertigationn.
/fəːtɪˈɡeɪʃən/ Originally U.S.
A method of plant fertilization in which liquid fertilizer is added to the water in an irrigation system.
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fertigation1967
1967 Farm Q. XXII. 60/1 Fertigation, as some call it, began in the West when farmers started bubbling anhydrous ammonia into irrigation ditches.
1971 Fertilizer Solutions XV. 38/1 Overhead sprinkler fertigation lends itself well to increment feeding, that is, balanced fertilizing through each cycle of the system.
1983 Economist 25 June 73/4 The latest refinement of drip irrigation is called ‘fertigation’: liquid fertiliser is added to the irrigation water and thus fed directly to the plant.
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