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Post by daylilydude on May 17, 2018 4:29:11 GMT -5
What fertilizer do you use for vegetables and what do you use for flowers... or is it the same for both?
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Post by paulf on May 17, 2018 8:18:25 GMT -5
Very rarely do vegetables get fertilizer after they are in the ground. Soil tests and overall soil health with the test as a guide to be sure the garden is in balance for growing vegetables is the key.
Flowers in containers get a liquid plant food added to the water every third watering. Bloom Booster is the fertilizer used. This is 8-15-15 or something like that. Lower N and higher P and K. That gets used all season long and I am not brand conscious.
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Post by bestofour on May 17, 2018 8:37:07 GMT -5
I rarely fertilize anything.
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Post by brownrexx on May 17, 2018 9:07:23 GMT -5
Soil tests show that my garden soil has adequate fertilizer so I do not add anything except compost at the end of the season when I till. During the season I usually add some grass clippings which are just water and nitrogen.
For my hanging pots of flowers I use a liquid plant food. I do not worry about organic for them. I just buy whatever is available. No preference.
Flower beds get no added fertilizer either.
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Post by paquebot on May 17, 2018 18:00:18 GMT -5
I make a lot of compost but that has always stayed at my home gardens. Rented community garden always got an organic fertilizer in accordance with the rules. Found something like 8-6-5 on closeout and bought a 3 or 4-year supply. And with almost everything wanting a little extra nitrogen, I use 5-2-0 Milorganite.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 17, 2018 18:38:06 GMT -5
The ones in the ground, I only fertilize with a small amount of an organic higher N fertilizer when I first plant things, only to give them an early boost. The soil tests have told me that the soil is high on most nutrients, and only to add N - a small amount, when I reduce their recommended amount down to my square feet. In the SIPs, I use just a simple 10-10-10, like you showed on your thread, daylilydude. I have some organic liquid bloom boost fertilizer (a high P, and a little higher K fertilizer) - don't recall the brand, but I bought a bunch when a hydroponics company went out of business. I rarely need it with most things, but one thing that I use it for is triggering the later crops with pepper varieties that I call "determinate". These are the ones that get huge numbers of flowers at first, then they almost stop, while the peppers are maturing. And many don't start flowering again until most of the first peppers ripen, and are harvested. As soon as the first crop is full grown, and about half picked, I give them a boost, and they start flowering quickly. This may also work with determinate tomatoes. I almost never grow them, but I got one as a "gift", and have one out there this season, and I'll remember it, if it stops producing early.
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Post by guruofgardens on May 18, 2018 7:27:34 GMT -5
I usually fertilize only the tomatoes and peppers, and give the garlic a little boost in March or April.
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