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[IBC] Fertilizing: Cakes vs Powder
Every year about this time I start thinking about a topic with
many opinions which is how to apply organic fertilizer. The two main camps I have come across are Use Cakes as spreading powder across the top continually will form a crust which will hinder proper watering and Use Powder as cakes can cause hot spots and do not spread the fertilizer evenly. Now I know that you can break up crusts as they form on the soil surface and am not sure if a hindering crust will actually form if you repot every year. I also know that a mild organic fertilizer will most likely not cause a hot spot and that you can put enough cakes on the surface to allow sufficient spreading of the fertilizer as it dissolves. So what is you take on this? I use liquid organic fertilizer, once a week in spring, every 2 weeks in summer and every month in fall. I supplement with an inorganic fertilizer (Peters, etc.) with micronutrients every so often. No moldy poo balls littering the surface, no crust. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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