IMHO pokon bonsai fertilizer is overpriced, you get the same or
better
results with regular pokon fertilizer for potted plants or
cheaper
fertilizers of other brands.

YES! Plant nutrients are plant nutrients; the basics are the
same in all fertilizers. Percentages may vary, the specific
kinds of micro-nutrients may vary, but otherwise, NPK is NPK.

The are varying delivery systems, dry, liquid, slow-release,
timed-release, so-called "chemical" vs. so-called "organic," etc.
but what they all do is deliver needed nutrients to the plant.
Bonsai don't give a hoot what they get, just so they get.

As someone else on this thread mentioned, if the word "Bonsai" is
on the label, you are paying too much (and if the label is
written in Japanese, you are paying WAY too much). Manufacturers
and marketers of fertilizers know the word "sucker" as well as
the makers of human dietary supplements do.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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The reason that I chose the Pokon Bonsai fertiliser is for
its ease of use, its small size and price. Here in South
Africa it is not that expensive and is the same price as
the rest of the Pokon range. Maybe in the USA they rip you
off with the price, but not here. I live in a penthouse and
I do not have the space to store other fertilisers. Pokon
is perfect for me.

But that is my opinion, not that it really matters.

Glyn
South Africa.

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:14:24 -0500
Jim Lewis wrote:
IMHO pokon bonsai fertilizer is overpriced, you get the
same or
better
results with regular pokon fertilizer for potted plants
or
cheaper
fertilizers of other brands.

YES! Plant nutrients are plant nutrients; the basics are
the
same in all fertilizers. Percentages may vary, the
specific
kinds of micro-nutrients may vary, but otherwise, NPK is
NPK.

The are varying delivery systems, dry, liquid,
slow-release,
timed-release, so-called "chemical" vs. so-called
"organic," etc.
but what they all do is deliver needed nutrients to the
plant.
Bonsai don't give a hoot what they get, just so they get.

As someone else on this thread mentioned, if the word
"Bonsai" is
on the label, you are paying too much (and if the label
is
written in Japanese, you are paying WAY too much).
Manufacturers
and marketers of fertilizers know the word "sucker" as
well as
the makers of human dietary supplements do.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only
where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the
landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and
respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.


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Zimmerman++++

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http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
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+++++


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Glyn
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