Re: fertilizers, Please help
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] fertilizers, Please help
- From: C* P*
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:42:47 EDT
In a message dated 4/27/00 7:24:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Liliaceae4@AOL.COM writes:
<< in the form of Ammonia. I have found it really hard to find fertilizers
that
don't have most of their nitrogen in the form of Ammonia. I found a bulb
fertilizer that sounds good. The nitrogen is 75% from urea and only 25% from
ammonia. Do you think that this would be good to use on Rhododendrons and
Japanese Iris. Luckily Rhododendrons don't need a lot of feeding, but I
killed off most of my Japanese Iris because I couldn't find a fertilizer with
out ammonia Nitrogen and resorted to what I could find. Since then I just
haven't ferilized the survivors.
The pH of my soil appx 4.5. >>>>>
4.5 is a very low pH and should grow ericaceous plants easily. I use any old
cheap
5-10-5 on all shrubbery in in March. It is cast around on soil just thawing.
I too, have a northeastern low pH soil and have never had a bit of trouble
with acid lovers. That 4.5 will grow blueberries in the lawns. The scrubby
sort seed around here. Maybe the problem is not fertilizer.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY z4
