"Dwayne" wrote in message
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I used to live in Arkansas, zone 7. The local TV station had a master
gardner come on once a week and answer questions from the viewers. He
said
to put down a super phosphate to make flowers bloom and fruit trees to put
onf fruit.

The super phosphate was in the bag that read 0 - 56 - 0, or at least had a
high middle number. I bought it wt the co-op for around $8.00 for a large
bag (40 to 50 lbs??). The first number is the one that make everything
nice
and green and makes big leaves.

stuff that is a high reading. I used some blood and bone (6% nitrogen (N)
and 6% phosphorous (P) under a hedge of mine alone with some horse poop.
Last spring the hedge had good leaf growth (nitrogen) but few flowers. This
spring the leaf growth is even better than last year whilst the blossom
growth is several hundred times better. Thats the phosphorous doing its work
and that is only at 6%. The horse poop helped a little as well though it is
low in P, about 0.5%.

rob