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[IBC] Tomato Fertilizer Ok?
I was looking for fertilizer that had equal proportions of the 3 main
ingredients (NPK). The only one I could find was one for tomatoes. Is all that really matters the relative percentage of NPK, or is there something else about this fertilizer that would make it inappropriate for trees? Thanks, Jim ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Tomato Fertilizer Ok?
I was looking for fertilizer that had equal proportions of the
3 main ingredients (NPK). The only one I could find was one for tomatoes. Is all that really matters the relative percentage of NPK, or is there something else about this fertilizer that would make it inappropriate for trees? Depends on whether you want pines with red fruit hanging from the branches. ;-) Seriously, tomato fertilizer would be fine for trees -- just like it would be OK to use pine fertilizer on tomatoes. It IS the NPK that are most important, but you want to be certain there are the necessary trace elements, too -- Fe, Mn, Mg, Zn, etc. -- and those ought to be present in the tomato fertilizer, too. The major problem with the tomato fertilizer may be its means of application. It probably is in granular form, and is designed to be applied dry to the ground around a plant. This is fine in a garden, but a bit of a problem getting dosage right in a pot. Not sure where you're from, but surely you can go a grocery, department store, garden shop, Home Depot etc. and pick up some Peters or Miracle Gro, or a houseplant fertilizer that you dissolve in water and sprinkle on the soil. The NPK doesn't need to be equal. Anything from a 1:3:1 to 3:2:1 ratio will be fine. The N is most important, but it leaches out readily, so a bigger number (and some of it slow-release) is better. P is fairly important, but it tends to hang around longer, so it doesn't need to be a particularly large number. K is OK in small doses. Micronutrients just need to be there. 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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