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What is the best fertiliser?
Some time ago I was in a nursery and had selected a bottle of Maxicrop
to buy. A nursery staff member saw this and told me that he used to work for the council and had a lot of experience spraying plants with fertilisers. he siad that Maxictop was nowhere near as effctive as Nitrosol. This made me think that perphaps all fertilsers are not the same. Your comments/experiences/rankings on the list below would be most welcome. Aquasol Nitrosol Seasol Thrive Miraclegro Maxicrop Osmicote Dynamic Lifter Blood and Bone |
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"Nicholas Steel" wrote in message om... Some time ago I was in a nursery and had selected a bottle of Maxicrop to buy. A nursery staff member saw this and told me that he used to work for the council and had a lot of experience spraying plants with fertilisers. he siad that Maxictop was nowhere near as effctive as Nitrosol. This made me think that perphaps all fertilsers are not the same. Your comments/experiences/rankings on the list below would be most welcome. Aquasol Nitrosol Seasol Thrive Miraclegro Maxicrop Osmicote Dynamic Lifter Blood and Bone It isn't really helpful to rank your list without an idea of the purpose of the fertilizer. It's horses for courses with ferts. Various products are aimed at producing a variety of short, medium and long term results. So any ranking would be without relevance. |
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Hi,
I only use organic ferts. I have used dynamic lifter for the few yrs I have gardened and had ok results (it's a bit hard to tell how effective it is, as it's a slow release fert. - is that right? I'm no expert!). However, last spring, and again this year, I have used blood and bone and it has made a DRAMATIC difference to the size, health etc of my vegie's and flowers!!! Mix in some solphate of potash and they tell me you have a great all-round fertiliser! That's what I have done and I am now an avid B & B user! (At least where the vegies are concerned, particularly early after planting or even before planting!) Cheers, Mick "blank" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Steel" wrote in message om... Some time ago I was in a nursery and had selected a bottle of Maxicrop to buy. A nursery staff member saw this and told me that he used to work for the council and had a lot of experience spraying plants with fertilisers. he siad that Maxictop was nowhere near as effctive as Nitrosol. This made me think that perphaps all fertilsers are not the same. Your comments/experiences/rankings on the list below would be most welcome. Aquasol Nitrosol Seasol Thrive Miraclegro Maxicrop Osmicote Dynamic Lifter Blood and Bone It isn't really helpful to rank your list without an idea of the purpose of the fertilizer. It's horses for courses with ferts. Various products are aimed at producing a variety of short, medium and long term results. So any ranking would be without relevance. |
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I have alo got some good results recently using "Organix" liquid
fertilisers! One is called 4 Vital and the other ... can't remember ... it's a general liquid fertiliser anyway! Get 'em fairly cheap at Big-W ... 10 x the price at some nursuries! Cheers, Mick "MC" surftravelATyahooDOTcom wrote in message ... Hi, I only use organic ferts. I have used dynamic lifter for the few yrs I have gardened and had ok results (it's a bit hard to tell how effective it is, as it's a slow release fert. - is that right? I'm no expert!). However, last spring, and again this year, I have used blood and bone and it has made a DRAMATIC difference to the size, health etc of my vegie's and flowers!!! Mix in some solphate of potash and they tell me you have a great all-round fertiliser! That's what I have done and I am now an avid B & B user! (At least where the vegies are concerned, particularly early after planting or even before planting!) Cheers, Mick "blank" wrote in message ... "Nicholas Steel" wrote in message om... Some time ago I was in a nursery and had selected a bottle of Maxicrop to buy. A nursery staff member saw this and told me that he used to work for the council and had a lot of experience spraying plants with fertilisers. he siad that Maxictop was nowhere near as effctive as Nitrosol. This made me think that perphaps all fertilsers are not the same. Your comments/experiences/rankings on the list below would be most welcome. Aquasol Nitrosol Seasol Thrive Miraclegro Maxicrop Osmicote Dynamic Lifter Blood and Bone It isn't really helpful to rank your list without an idea of the purpose of the fertilizer. It's horses for courses with ferts. Various products are aimed at producing a variety of short, medium and long term results. So any ranking would be without relevance. |
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Today, somebody was highly recommending to me the virtues of elephant
manure....we often have a circus visiting here. You can go and collect the poo free of charge. Andr0 "Nicholas Steel" wrote in message om... Some time ago I was in a nursery and had selected a bottle of Maxicrop to buy. A nursery staff member saw this and told me that he used to work for the council and had a lot of experience spraying plants with fertilisers. he siad that Maxictop was nowhere near as effctive as Nitrosol. This made me think that perphaps all fertilsers are not the same. Your comments/experiences/rankings on the list below would be most welcome. Aquasol Nitrosol Seasol Thrive Miraclegro Maxicrop Osmicote Dynamic Lifter Blood and Bone |
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"Nicholas Steel" wrote in message om... Some time ago I was in a nursery and had selected a bottle of Maxicrop to buy. A nursery staff member saw this and told me that he used to work for the council and had a lot of experience spraying plants with fertilisers. he siad that Maxictop was nowhere near as effctive as Nitrosol. This made me think that perphaps all fertilsers are not the same. Your comments/experiences/rankings on the list below would be most welcome. We have tried various ferts at work on both grass and plants, and probably the most noticeable change was of course chook poo and Ammonium Nitrate on grass. Still I will try give my opinions on the ones you have mentioned, purely from experience. However I do agree with another poster here that blood and bone seems to be very effective Aquasol Can destroy good organisms in the soil, but if anything like MIracle grow gives plants a good boost. Nitrosol Nevert tried it Seasol I haven't noticed much difference in plants that have used it compared to others that have gone without. Thrive Never tried Miraclegro I had some Day Lilies, small that were root bound grown from pups, potted them up into larger pots, good potting mix, and over a period of about 9months they didn't grow much in size at all. I put it down to them originally being rootbound. Not even Dynamic lifter long life pushed them along. Gave them to my parents, one hit with Miracle grow, and within about 2 weeks they literally doubled in size. Maxicrop We noticed no change in plants it was used on at work. Osmicote I use it, but not sure how good it is. Dynamic Lifter Good for lawn, but that's all I'd use it for Blood and Bone This I have noticed a difference on Azaleas and Camellias at work We have also used Nutri-gro (organic fert and pesticide), Nitro Fert (like a liquid chook poo, so it looks and smells like) with no results noticebly visible. No doubt they do something good, as they all have nutrients, but a quick read of the NPK sometimes reveal all low figures for levels of each nutrient. But really not visible to the naked eye. Guess really a good way to test would be buy a punnet of annuals, divide up and try different ferts. Something I might actually do myself now I have a collection of ferts here at home. Really I guess it all depends on what you are after. A lush growth, flowering etc. IMO in regards to NPK you want high in Nitrogen and Potassium as they will affect the most noticeable parts of a plant, growth and flowers. The Phosphorous is good for roots but I think it's pretty much not needed apart from naturally occuring P in the growing media as if you get good plant growth the roots will follow, unless you are growing bonsai. I think Miracle grow is great personally but wouldn't use it more than once a month max and try get good waterings between uses to flush soil. Good luck |
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On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:35:45 +1000, "Andrew G"
wrote: Dynamic Lifter Good for lawn, but that's all I'd use it for Why? Isn't it just Chicken poo? doesn't it do anything for shrubs or other plants? Personally the lawn is the one thing I never fertilise because I certainly don't want to encourage it to grow. Mowing and painting are two activities I try to do as little as possible. Regards Bruce |
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