PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for growing a crop of which the root has difficulty in reaching an initial fertilization arrangement position until the crop is grown, in local fertilizer application which is a fertilization method having high utilization efficiency of fertilizer.SOLUTION: The fertilizer is arranged in a position laterally separated from a planting position of the crop, not in a deep part (a position vertically separated from the planting position) immediately under the planting position of the crop.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】肥料の利用効率の高い施肥方法である局所施肥において、作物が成長するまでは、根が初期肥料配置位置に到達困難とする作物の生育方法を提供する。【解決手段】作物の植栽位置直下の深層部(植栽位置から縦に離隔する位置)ではなく、作物の植栽位置から横に離隔する位置に肥料を配置する。【選択図】図1