Slow-Release Fertilizer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025757",
  "term": "Slow-Release Fertilizer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Inorganic or organic fertilizers that are characterized by a slow rate of release, long residual, low burn potential, and low water solubility. Several categories of slow-release nitrogen fertilizers are commercially available, including urea-formaldehyde, isobutylidene diurea, sulfur coated urea, plastic coated fertilizers, and natural organics.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/slow-release-fertilizer/"
}