Re: fertilizing
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: fertilizing
- From: N* L*
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 16:35:13 CST
Barb:
I really like osmocote fertilizer (along with lots of organic matter, of
course.) It comes in several formulatios; probably you can find one a
little higher in phosphorus. I'm not good at remembering to fertilize,
either, so the time-release formulations are great, in my book. I set out
pansies for winter bloom again this year, but I fertilized the bed with a
balanced formulation of osomocote, then mulched with chopped leaves, and
this has been the best year ever for that bed! I also like it in
containers, where other fertilizers have a tendency to leach out quickly
because they have to be watered so often in our hot and dry summers.
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7
>From: "James N. Tilton" <tilton44@erols.com>
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: fertilizing
>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:34:02 -0500
>
>Hi all-
>One of my goals this year is to do a better job of fertilizing my
>existing garden plants but honestly I am not the type to have 12
>different types for various perennials/roses/shrubs etc. Can anyone
>recommend a good as-close-to-all-purpose fertilizer as you can get?
>Last year I used Osmocote (18-6-12) when planting perennials and Dragon
>Plant Starter (3-12-4) when planting some shrubs and trees but that was
>it. (did I hear someone say "tsk, tsk"?)
>
>Do you have preferences of liquid v. granular? Slow release v. regular
>feedings? I'm starting from near-zero knowledge on this...all help is
>appreciated.
>
>Barb (zone 6/7, southeastern PA where, when the snow melted, I saw that
>the Verbena Homestead is not only surviving but growing well)
>
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