So 12-8-10 fertilizer has 12-percent nitrogen, 8-percent phosphorous and 10-percent potassium. In a 100-pound bag, therefore, 12 pounds is nitrogen, 8 pounds is phosphorous and 10 pounds is potassium. The other 70 pounds is known as ballast and has no value to the plants.he most important are: 1  Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen-Available from air and water and therefore in plentiful supply. 2  Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (a.k.a. potash) - The three macronutrients and the three elements you find in most packaged fertilizers. 3  Sulfur, calcium, and magnesium-Secondary nutrients.
Freebase (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Nuit Nuit is a goddess in Thelema, the speaker in the first Chapter of The Book of the Law, the sacred text written or received in 1904 by Aleister Crowley. Nut is an Egyptian sky goddess who leans over her husband/brother, Geb, the Earth God.
Nonchalant means unconcerned, so chalant would theoretically mean worried or overly anxious, but there's no such word in the English language. We borrowed the negative form from the French language, but never bothered to import the root form.