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Comments (30)I've got 25 lbs. of Lesco 18-0-3 from last year.....it was a 50 lb. bag and the guy at Site One told me what spreader setting to use......so I guess I only used 25 lbs. last November to winterize a 7500 sq. ft. lawn. Based on what you guys are saying, I didn't use enough last year and should use more this year?...See MoreFertilizer question
Comments (4)I can't recommend it highly enough!! Different ferts for different plants is nonsense....virtually all plants consume nutrients in that ratio - 3 parts N to one part P and two parts K. And it matters not if they are flowering or fruiting - same ratio of consumption and utilization. There are some exceptions, notably a few plants of Australian origin that are P sensitive. btw, bloom booster fertilizers are pretty much worthless and more marketing gimmick than anything else. Plants cannot take up more nutrients than they actually need and if your ferts are already providing adequate P - which Foliage Pro does - then dumping on more P will not help them to bloom any heavier and can be counterproductive. I do use a couple of different ferts - actually more in the nature of amendments rather than a true fertilizer - for outdoor, inground plants but there is rarely a need to fertilize them at all....See MoreOrganic Lawn Fertilizer Question
Comments (13)Nothing at all to do with fertilization Which is why I was writing as a corollary and not completely on topic. Greens are NOT always green. Lettuce leaves really are not "N-rich." Most vegetable waste is N-poor. Legumes, which most people believe are N-rich, nave N values much less than 1%. Lettuce has never been considered to be a great source of dietary protein (N). Grasses and fresh leaves fall into this category. Their N content is much less than 1%. Here are some NPK values to chew on... If you want to use something organic as a "green" or as a fertilizer, pick something with a large first number. If you want something "brown" pick something with a first number less than 1. Alfalfa hay 2.45 0.5 2.1 Apple fruit 0.05 0.02 0.1 Apple leaves 1 0.15 0.35 Apple pomace 0.2 0.02 0.15 Apple skin (ash) 0.0 3.08 11.74 Banana skin (ash) 0.0 3.25 41.76 Banana stalk (ash) 0.0 2.34 49.4 Barley (grain) 1.75 0.75 0.5 Bat guano 6 9 0.0 Bean and pod 0.25 0.08 0.3 Beet waste 0.4 0.4 3 Beet waste (root) 0.25 0.1 0.5 Blood meal 15 1.3 0.7 Bone meal 4 21 0.2 Bone (ground and burned) 0.0 34.7 0.0 Brewer's grains (wet) 0.9 0.5 0.05 Brigham tea (ash) 0.0 0.0 5.94 Cantaloupe rind (ash) 0.0 9.77 12.21 Castor bean pomace 5.5 2.25 1.13 Cattail reed & water lilly 2.02 0.81 3.43 Cattail seed 0.98 0.39 1.71 Chicken manure 1.63 1.54 0.85 Coal ash (anthracite) 0.0 0.125 0.125 Coal ash (bituminous) 0.0 0.45 0.45 Cocoa shell dust 1.04 1.49 2.71 Coffee grounds 2.08 0.32 0.28 Coffee grounds (dried) 1.99 0.36 0.67 Corn (grain) 1.65 0.65 0.4 Corn (green forage) 0.3 0.13 0.33 Corncob (ground, charred) 0.0 0.0 2.01 Corncob (ash) 0.0 0.0 50 Cotton seed 3.15 1.25 1.15 Cottonseed meal 7 2.5 1.5 Cottonseed-hull (ash) 0.0 8.7 23.93 Cotton waste 1.32 0.45 0.36 Cow manure (fresh) 0.29 0.17 0.1 Cowpea, green forage 0.45 0.12 0.45 Cowpes, seed 3.1 1 1.2 Crab (common) 1.95 3.6 0.2 Crab (king, dried and ground) 10 0.25 0.06 Crab (king, fresh) 2.3 0.0 0.0 Crabgrass 0.66 0.19 0.71 Cucumber skin (ash) 0.0 11.28 27.2 Dog manure (fresh) 1.97 9.95 0.3 Duck manure (fresh) 1.12 1.44 0.49 Egg 2.25 0.4 0.15 Eggshell (burned) 0.0 0.43 0.29 Eggshell 1.19 0.38 0.14 Feather 15.3 0.0 0.0 Felt hat factory waste 3.8 0.0 0.98 Field bean (seed) 4 1.2 1.3 Field bean (shell) 1.7 0.3 1.3 Fish scrap (red snapper) 7.76 13 0.38 Fish scrap (fresh) 6.5 3.75 0.0 Greasewood (ash) 0.0 0.0 12.61 Gluten feed 4.5 0.0 0.0 Greensand 0.0 1.5 5 Grape leaves 0.45 0.1 0.35 Grapes (fruit) 0.15 0.07 0.3 Grapefruit skin (ash) 0.0 3.58 30.6 Hair 14 0.0 0.0 Hare and rabbit waste 7 2.4 0.6 Hoof meal and horn dust 12.5 1.75 0.0 Horse manure (fresh) 0.44 0.17 0.35 Incinerator ash 0.24 5.15 2.33 Jellyfish (dried) 4.6 0.0 0.0 Leather (acidulated) 7.5 0.0 0.0 Leather (ground) 11 0.0 0.0 Leather (ash) 0.0 2.16 0.35 Lemon cull 0.15 0.06 0.26 Lemon skin 0.0 6.3 31 Lobster (refuse) 4.5 3.5 0.0 Lobster (shell) 4.6 3.52 0.0 Milk 0.5 0.3 0.18 Mud (fresh water) 1.37 0.26 0.22 Mud (harbour) 0.99 0.77 0.05 Mussel 0.9 0.12 0.13 Mussel mud (dried) 0.72 0.35 0.0 Molasses residue (brewing) 0.7 0.0 5.32 Moss 0.6 0.1 0.55 Oak leaf 0.8 0.35 0.15 Oats grain 2 0.8 0.6 Olive pomace 1.15 0.78 1.26 Olive refuse 1.22 0.18 0.32 Orange cull 0.2 0.13 0.21 Orange skin (ash) 0.0 2.9 27 Oyster shell 0.36 10.38 0.09 Paint processing waste 0.02 39.5 0.0 Pea pod (ash) 0.0 1.79 9 Peach leaf 0.9 0.15 0.6 Peanut (seed & kernel) 3.6 0.7 4.5 Peanut shell 0.8 0.15 0.5 Peanut shell (ash) 0.0 1.23 6.45 Pigeon manure (fresh) 4.19 2.24 1.41 Pig manue (fresh) 0.6 0.41 0.13 Pigweed (rough) 0.6 0.16 0.0 Pine needle 0.46 0.12 0.03 Potato (tuber) 0.35 0.15 0.5 Potato (leaf and stalk) 0.6 0.15 0.45 Potato skin (ash) 0.0 5.18 27.5 Poudrette 1.46 3.68 0.48 Powderworks waste 2.5 0.0 17 Prune refuse 0.18 0.7 0.31 Pumpkin (fresh) 0.16 0.07 0.26 Pumpkin seed 0.87 0.5 0.45 Rabbit brush (ash) 0.0 0.0 13.04 Ragweed 0.76 0.26 0.0 Redtop hay 1.2 0.35 1 Rhubarb stem 0.1 0.04 0.35 Rockweed 1.9 0.25 3.68 Rose (flower) 0.3 0.1 0.4 Salt-marsh hay 1.1 0.25 0.75 Salt mud 0.4 0.0 0.0 Sardine scrap 7.97 7.11 0.0 Seawood 1.68 0.75 4.93 Sheep manure (fresh) 0.55 0.31 0.15 Shoddy and felt 8 0.0 0.0 Shrimp head (dried) 7.82 4.2 0.0 Shrimp waste 2.87 9.95 0.0 Silt waste 9.5 0.0 0.0 Silk mill waste 8.37 1.14 0.12 Silk worm cocoon 9.42 1.82 1.08 Sludge 2 1.9 0.3 Sludge (activated) 5 3.25 0.6 Sludge from sewer beds 0.74 0.33 0.24 Soot from chimney fllue 5.25 1.05 0.35 Starfish 1.8 0.2 0.25 Sunflower seed 2.25 1.25 0.79 Sugar (raw, residue) 1.14 8.33 0.0 Sweet potato skins (ash) 0.0 3.29 13.89 Sweet potato 0.25 0.1 0.5 Tanbark (ash) 0.0 0.34 3.8 Tanbark ash (spent) 0.0 1.75 2 Tankage 6 5 0.0 Tea grounds 4.15 0.62 0.4 Tea leaves (ash) 0.0 1.6 0.44 Timothy hay 1.25 0.55 1 Tobacco leaves 4 0.5 6 Tobacco stalk 3.7 0.65 4.5 Tobacco stem 2.5 0.9 7 Tomato fruit 0.2 0.07 0.35 Tomato leaves 0.35 0.1 0.4 Tomato stalk 0.35 0.1 0.5 Wheat, bran 2.65 2.9 1.6 Wheat grain 2 0.85 0.5 Wheat straw 0.5 0.15 0.6 White clover (green) 0.5 0.2 0.3 White sage (ash) 0.0 0.0 13.77 Wood ash (leached) 0.0 1.25 2 Wood ash (unleached) 0.0 1.5 7 Wool waste 5.5 3 2...See MoreFertilizer question
Comments (6)in m y ground freeze MI .. a 12 month release would just about insure death of a great percentage of my plants.. plants need to slow down.. to go dormant in fall.. if they are all juiced up of late fall fert.. they will not harden off properly. and will turn to mush when the pot or ground freezes ... that probably wont happen in your zone 7 ... but its still possible.. next time.. get down to a 6 month release.. thats all you need .. if at all ... btw.. time release was created for pots.. and is not really supposed to be used in mother earth ... and frankly.. unless a soil test indicates something is lacking from your soil... and i will yell... TREES AND SHRUBS NEVER NEED TO BE FED .. nor educated.. nor clothed.. they are not children.. and do not really ever need anything thing from you.. except perhaps in EXTREME drought.. and than all they might need is a drink ... and if anything is lacking form your soil .... per said test.. amend you soil accordingly... but we shouldnt just be throwing fert around.. for the heck of it.. because big fert marketing tells you to ... ken...See Morekimmq
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