I spoke with gardening experts to find the best fertilizers to use for vegetable gardens, lawn maintenance, flower beds and more.

The best garden fertilizer for you depends on several factors. Improve your garden soil with recommendations that benefit your vegetables, herbs, and flowers.

Espoma Plant-Tone Plant Food, Natural & Organic All-Purpose Fertilizer This is an all-purpose garden fertilizer, which makes it ideal for growing vegetables, flowers, shrubs or trees.

The 13 Very Best Fertilizers for Houseplants From all-purpose organics to the seaweed-based fertilizer that carnivorous plants love.

Garden plants are hungry, and the most disappointingly slow gardens are simply underfed. Choose an all-purpose garden fertilizer (10-10-10 is a good starter) and apply in early spring, then again ...

Choose an all-purpose garden fertilizer (10-10-10 is a good starter) and apply in early spring, then again mid-season. For organic gardens, use compost, blood meal, or fish emulsion.

Apply about two pounds of all-purpose garden fertilizer, such as 10-10-10, per 100 square feet and till into the soil before planting.

Mature compost offers more complex, slow release nutrients. E.B. Stone, a family-run California company, makes some effective organic products, including a 5-5-5 All Purpose fertilizer.

Regularly spreading seed and fertilizer keeps your lawn lush and healthy. These fertilizer spreaders—from Scotts, Chapin, and Agri-Fab—make that job easier.