I used Alaska Fish Emulsion on my garden last year for the first time. The raccoons dug up every plant that I put it on that night, looking for food, I guess. I tried it a couple of times, same result and I finally threw it away.
In my Organic restricted vegetable garden, I’m down to just 3 fertilizers - All OMRI certified organic. But do add chopped leaf mulch and triple shredded wood chips on top. The preplant is a pelleted 8-5-5, and all season, including seedlings, a 3-3-5 liquid, and maybe a 5-1-1 liquid for a nitrogen boost. And I wished they would allow me to give it a shot of Miracle Gro liquid synthetic for an immediate boost. Organics are expensive. At home I use Milorganite 5-2-0 and Miracle Gro liquid synthetics for a boost. And triple shredded wood chips around the shrubs for weed and moisture control. Keep it simple. Keep it easy. Keep it minimal.
If you enjoy fertilizing keep on doing it, your plants will not mind as long it’s organic and not crazy excessive. I’m spreading 50 lbs of blood meal today on my privacy hedge and it’s barely above freezing.
Can you do a separate video on fertilizing seedlings? It's a bit different than fertilizing houseplants, especially if the goal is to get the right balance of rapid growth without burning them. There are plant starter fertilizers that have high amounts of the nutrients (which is diluted for the application), and the ratios are a bit different. One I use is 12-48-8 (only exception here is one or two that are sensitive to salts, I use a predigested organic liquid fertilizer just to be safe, normally it's suggested not to fertilize them, but I've had great success with that, seeing at least four times the growth than was written to be expected with that species). In addition to that, I occasionally apply Essential 1-0-1; only reason I use it is because a nursery grower that shared their fertilizing schedule mentioned that one separate from the plant starter nutrients (hey, if the pros do it, it can't hurt). Once they get potted up, they get switched to a controlled release granule formula (I have Nutricote 13-11-11) for the growing season. I know this is a bit more niche (I'm a backyard nursery grower), but it would help anyone who is trying to get started but doesn't have the capital to invest in a fertigation system which is a completely different ballgame.
Great explanations about the length of time needed for organic nutrients to be available for plants. More well intended people should understand buying these fertilizers don't work for 'quick fix' plant deficiencies.
Great explanation. I grow mostly in containers and I can be absent up to three months from my home (I have a drip irrigation system set up). So I feed synthetic granular fertilisers (about 3-1-2 ratio) but I also add worm casting just in case for longer release. Is that ok? Should I maybe add some granular 3-1-2 slow release organic fertiliser just in case...When I am away 2-3 months I feel maybe my synthetic feed will not last enough especially in spring and summer...Am I wrong? I grow mostly fruit trees and berries, ormamental bushes like jasmin and a few flowers.
The farm where I garden produces cow, horse, and chicken manure, and veg and wood chip compost on a yellow soil base, while there is some rabbit manure in one area, and one of these days the pig enclosure will get scraped and the pile will be composted. Consequently, this is the richest soil I've worked with and amendments are irrelevant, because too much detail and evangelism spoil gardening. :) I prefer simple direct facts.
I used Alaska Fish Emulsion on my garden last year for the first time. The raccoons dug up every plant that I put it on that night, looking for food, I guess. I tried it a couple of times, same result and I finally threw it away.
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In my Organic restricted vegetable garden, I’m down to just 3 fertilizers - All OMRI certified organic. But do add chopped leaf mulch and triple shredded wood chips on top. The preplant is a pelleted 8-5-5, and all season, including seedlings, a 3-3-5 liquid, and maybe a 5-1-1 liquid for a nitrogen boost.
And I wished they would allow me to give it a shot of Miracle Gro liquid synthetic for an immediate boost. Organics are expensive.
At home I use Milorganite 5-2-0 and Miracle Gro liquid synthetics for a boost. And triple shredded wood chips around the shrubs for weed and moisture control.
Keep it simple. Keep it easy. Keep it minimal.
If you enjoy fertilizing keep on doing it, your plants will not mind as long it’s organic and not crazy excessive. I’m spreading 50 lbs of blood meal today on my privacy hedge and it’s barely above freezing.
Can you do a separate video on fertilizing seedlings? It's a bit different than fertilizing houseplants, especially if the goal is to get the right balance of rapid growth without burning them. There are plant starter fertilizers that have high amounts of the nutrients (which is diluted for the application), and the ratios are a bit different. One I use is 12-48-8 (only exception here is one or two that are sensitive to salts, I use a predigested organic liquid fertilizer just to be safe, normally it's suggested not to fertilize them, but I've had great success with that, seeing at least four times the growth than was written to be expected with that species). In addition to that, I occasionally apply Essential 1-0-1; only reason I use it is because a nursery grower that shared their fertilizing schedule mentioned that one separate from the plant starter nutrients (hey, if the pros do it, it can't hurt). Once they get potted up, they get switched to a controlled release granule formula (I have Nutricote 13-11-11) for the growing season. I know this is a bit more niche (I'm a backyard nursery grower), but it would help anyone who is trying to get started but doesn't have the capital to invest in a fertigation system which is a completely different ballgame.
"Growfully with Jenna” did a couple of videos on the best fertilizers for seedlings. Search for “What is the Best Fertilizer for Seedlings?”
Great explanations about the length of time needed for organic nutrients to be available for plants. More well intended people should understand buying these fertilizers don't work for 'quick fix' plant deficiencies.
Great explanation. I grow mostly in containers and I can be absent up to three months from my home (I have a drip irrigation system set up). So I feed synthetic granular fertilisers (about 3-1-2 ratio) but I also add worm casting just in case for longer release. Is that ok? Should I maybe add some granular 3-1-2 slow release organic fertiliser just in case...When I am away 2-3 months I feel maybe my synthetic feed will not last enough especially in spring and summer...Am I wrong? I grow mostly fruit trees and berries, ormamental bushes like jasmin and a few flowers.
I use Agriform tablets. They fertilize for many many months. You might consider researching it.
Hi. What kind of Carbon we use for Juniper and pines. ? Is it just ordinary charcoal or active carbons or horticultural types ?
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The farm where I garden produces cow, horse, and chicken manure, and veg and wood chip compost on a yellow soil base, while there is some rabbit manure in one area, and one of these days the pig enclosure will get scraped and the pile will be composted. Consequently, this is the richest soil I've worked with and amendments are irrelevant, because too much detail and evangelism spoil gardening. :) I prefer simple direct facts.
Lol, potheads always doing too much 😂.