2006-06-14 01:04:21 · 8 answers · asked by blondie 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
NO! Absolutely not. Sugar is an energy source for animals, but plants make their own energy source molecules (sugars) using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Sugar will only attract ants and other critters and give you a host of other problems. It won't have any affect at all on the plants.
Inorganic fertilizer (may come in a bag) contains ionic salts that are sources of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, maybe sulfur, and maybe a host of other elements known as micronutrients. Each bag lists the "big three" in terms of content. They are N, P, K......nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. They are the three numbers on the bag that may look like this 15 - 1 - 1, or 25 - 6 - 4. Something like that. Usually the nitrogen number is the biggest, especially on a lawn fertilizer. Sometimes there is a fourth number. If there is, that is the content of sulfur, and the numbers would look something like 25 - 10 - 10 - 2.
Plants use these salts (inorganic fertilizers are a type of salt) to help build the molecules they need. For example, they would use phosphate ions in the fertilizer to manufacture adenosine triphosphate molecules they use in energy pathways. They'd use nitrate ions to extract the nitrogen atoms to build just about every protein they make (and there are thousands).
Organic fertilizer (manure is an example) has some advantages and some disadvantages. A disadvantage is that you can't precisely know the amounts of N,P,K, and S and other stuff you're adding. The good thing is that fertilizing, a lot of the time, doesn't need to be too exact, as long as there isn't a "limiting" nutrient. Overfertilizing can happen, but you have to get pretty carried away to have that problem. The advantages of organic fertilizing are that it adds organic matter to the soil, which has long term benefits. Organic fertilizing is also a little easier on some of the biota in the soil such as worms and bacteria.
Long story short......no sugar! It may make your kids bounce off the walls, but it will have no benefits for your plants.
2006-06-14 02:27:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No the lawn cant feed on it...and ANTS can they will go crazy and have a great time if you put sugar down, but I definatley wouldnt do it if I were you!!!
2006-06-14 10:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by mumsypoos123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 09:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by lucey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar I don't know but Epsom salt works excellent on everything
2006-06-14 04:16:25 · answer #4 · answered by girlstimes2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the ferilizer has what your lawn needs,such as vitamins and minerals.the sugar might attract ants by the thousands and they would =kill your lawn!
2006-06-14 02:14:42 · answer #5 · answered by cyndi b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it has no nutritional value. Your lawn needs water, nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, and oxygen.
2006-06-14 01:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by AnOrdinaryGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, i think you should stick with fertilizer
2006-06-14 03:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by dlynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please share where you got this tidbit of wisdom.....
2006-06-14 02:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by MillwoodsGal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋